حَاسِرٌ

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حَاسِرٌ A man having no مِغْفَر [or covering for the head, made of mail, &c.,] upon him; nor a coat of mail; contr. of دَارِعٌ; nor a helmet upon his head; contr. of مُقَنَّعٌ: or having no جُنَّة [or defensive covering, &c.]: a man having no turban on his head: a man having his head uncovered: pl. حُسَّرٌ, and pl. pl. حُسَّرُونَ; the latter a form used by one of the poets; the former pl. applied to foot-soldiers in war, because they uncover their arms and legs, or because they have not upon them coats of mail nor helmets; occurring in this sense in a trad. Also, without ة, A woman who has taken off her shift from her person: who has taken off her clothes from her person: who has uncovered her head and her fore arms: who has taken off her head-covering: and, with ة, a woman having her face uncovered: pl. حُسَّرٌ and حَوَاسِرُ.
2 اِبْنُوا المَسَاجِدَ حُسَّرًا in a trad. of 'Alee, means Build ye mosques, or oratories, with bare walls, with no شُرَف [or acroterial ornaments or crestings].

def.2 See also حَسِيرٌ.

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