مِبْنَاةٌ

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مِبْنَاةٌ and مَبْنَاةٌ A نِطْع [like بِنَآءٌ, which see for an explanation]: and a سِتْر [i. e. curtain or the like]: or a thing in the form of a سِتْر: or a [tent of the kind called] قُبَّة, made of skins, or hides: or a thing of skins, or hides, of like form to the قُبَّة, which a woman places in, or at, the side of her tent (فِى كِسْرِ بَيْتِهَا), and in which she dwells; and may-be she has sheep, or goats, and is content with the possession of these, exclusively of the other sheep, or goats, for herself and her garments [and app. for making of their skins her مبناه]; and she has a covering (إِزَار) [extended] in the middle of the بَيْت [or tent], within, to protect her from the heat, and from the violent rain, so that she and her clothes are not wetted: or, accord. to As, a mat (حَصِيرٌ), or a نِطْع, which the trafficker spreads upon the things that he sells: and they used to put the mats (الحُصُر) upon the أَنْطَاع [pl. of نِطْع], and go round about with them [in the market]: the مبناة is thus called because it is made of skins joined together: also a receptacle of the kind called عَيْبَة: such is said to be its meaning: pl. مَبَانٍ.

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