ثِنَايَةٌ
Root: ثنى
Full Definition
ثِنَايَةٌ
A cord, or rope, of goats' hair (شَعَر), or of wool, or of other material; as also
ثِنَآءٌ and
مِثْنَاةٌ and
مَثْنَاةٌ ; which last is explained by IAar as signifying [simply] a cord, or rope: [or] the first has the meaning assigned to it above, voce ثِنَآءٌ; syn. with ثِنَايَانِ: and signifies also a long rope; whence the saying of Zuheyr, describing the [she-camel termed] سَانِيَة,
meaning [She draws the well-rope, and causes to run,] with her ثناية upon her, [a wabbling, unsteady, sheave of the large pulley;] the ثناية here being a rope of which the two ends are tied to the saddle (قَتَب) of the سانية; the [upper] end of the well-rope being tied to its [which here means the folded middle part]: but Aboo-Sa'eed says that it [here] means a piece of wood by which are connected the two extremities of the cheeks, or side-pieces, (طرفا الميلين, [the latter of which words I here render conjecturally, supposing it to be similar in meaning to القَعْوِ or القَعْوَيْنِ,]) above the محالة, and a similar piece below; the محالة and [qu. or] the sheave turning between the tow pieces thus called.تَمْطُو الرِّشَآءَ وَتُجْرِى فِى ثِنَايَتِهَا مِنَ المَحَالَةِ قَبًّا رَائِدًا قَلِقَا
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