طَوْقٌ
Root: طوق
Full Definition
2 And Anything that surrounds another thing is called its طَوْق.
3 Hence ذَاتُ الطَّوْقِ as an appel-lation of The [ringed] pigeon [or ring-dove].
4 [And hence] one says, تَقَلَّدْتُ النِّعْمَةَ طَوْقَ الحَمَامَةِ
[Favours of his have remained upon the necks: they are the neck-rings, and the men are the pigeons].أَقَامَتْ فِى الرِّقَابِ لَهُ أَيَادٍ هِىَ الأَطْوَاقُ وَالنَّاسُ الحَمَامُ
5 الطَّوْقُ signifies also The neck [itself].
6 And The كَرّ, or حَابُول, [i. e. the rope in the form of a loop] by means of which one ascends the palm-tree.
def.2 See also the next paragraph, first and second sentences.
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