زَامِلَةٌ

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زَامِلَةٌ A camel or other beast used for carrying the goods, or furniture and utensils, of a man travelling, and his food; the ة denoting intensiveness: or a she-camel upon which are carried the goods, or furniture and utensils, of the traveller: from زَمَلَ “ he bore, or carried, ” a thing: pl. زَوَامِلُ. [See also زَوْمَلَةٌ.]
2 Afterwards used to signify The عِدْل [properly half-load] in which is the pilgrim's travelling-provision, consisting of biscuit, or dry bread, and fruit (ثمر [app. a mistranscription for تَمْر i. e. dates]), and the like.

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