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ضَابِطَةٌ

Root: ضبط

Full Definition

ضَابِطَةٌ A place in land, or in the ground, to which the rain-water flows, and which retains it; syn. مَسَّاكَةٌ.

def.2 See also ضَابِطٌ, last sentence.
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