شَرِيطٌ
Root: شرط
Full Definition
شَرِيطٌ
A rope, or cord, of twisted palm-leaves: and threads of wool and of fibres of the palm-tree [twisted together]: or palmleaves twisted together, with which is woven (يُشْرَطُ, as in the K, or, as in the O, accord. to the TA, يُشْرَحُ, [app. a mistake for يُشْرَجُ,]) a couch, or bier, [app. meaning the part thereof upon which a man or corpse lies,] and the like: so called because its palm-leaves are split, and then twisted together: if of fibres of the palm-tree, it is called دِسَارٌ: or a wide rope [or flat plait] woven of fibres or leaves of the palm-tree: (Mgh in art. قمط:) or a rope of any kind: pl. شَرَائِطُ and شُرُطٌ. Also Threads of silk, or of silk and of gold, twisted together [or woven, so as to form a kind of flat lace, like tape]: so called as being likened to the threads of wool and of fibres of the palm-tree [twisted together].
2 Also The [sort of basket, or small box, called] عَتِيدَة in which a woman puts her perfumes and her utensils or apparatus. And The [sort of receptacle called] عَيْبَة [q. v.].
2 Also The [sort of basket, or small box, called] عَتِيدَة in which a woman puts her perfumes and her utensils or apparatus. And The [sort of receptacle called] عَيْبَة [q. v.].
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