Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَخَاصِرُ

Root: خصر

Full Definition

مَخَاصِرُ pl. of مِخْصَرَةٌ.

def.2 مَخَاصِرُ الطَّرِيقِ The nearest roads or ways; as also المُخْتَصَرَاتُ : or مُخْتَصِرَاتُ الطُّرُقِ signifies The roads, or ways, that are near, notwithstanding their ruggedness, but not so easy as those that are longer.


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