Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَوْظُوبٌ

Root: وظب

Full Definition

مَوْظُوبٌ A man deprived of his property (مال [app. meaning his camels &c.]) by successive misfortunes.
2 أَرْضٌ مَوْظُوبَةٌ A land that has been pastured on by turns, so that there remains in it no herbage, or pasture. In like manner, رَوْضَةٌ موظوبة: or a meadow that has been incessantly pastured on. And وَادٍ موظوب A valley of which the herbage has been eaten by cattle &c., so that it has become barren, or bare.


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