سِنَافٌ
Root: سنف
Full Definition
سِنَافٌ
The [breast-girth called] لَبَب: or the appertenance of the camel that is as the
لَبَب
to the horse or similar beast: or a cord which you tie to the
تَصْدِير [or breast-girth of the camel], then you bring it forward so as to put it behind the callous protuberance upon the breast, [and there, app., make it fast in some manner,] and it keeps the
تصدير
in its place: this is done only when the belly of the camel has become lank, and his تصدير has [consequently] become unsteady: or a cord that is tied from the hind girth of the camel to his breast-girth and is then tied to his neck, when he has become lank: pl. [of mult.] سُنُفٌ and سُنْفٌ and [of pauc.] أَسْنِفَةٌ: and a leathern strap or thong, or some other thing, that is put behind the [breast-girth called] لَبَب, in order that it may not slip [from its place].
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