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عَرِيشٌ

Root: عرش

Full Definition

عَرِيشٌ : see عَرْشٌ, first and second sentences, in several places.
2 Also, or عَرِيشُ كَرْمٍ, [The trellis of a grape-vine;] the structure made for a grape-vine, of sticks, or pieces of wood, in the form of a roof, upon which are put the branches, or shoots, of the vine; [also, but less commonly, called عَرْشٌ;] the structure made for a grape-vine to rise upon it; the elevated structure upon which a grape-vine spreads itself: pl. عَرَائِشُ, [and perhaps عِرَاشٌ also: see 8.]
3 Also, عَرِيشٌ, A thing resembling a هَوْدَج, but not [exactly the same as] it, made for a woman, who sits in it upon her camel: so called as being likened in form to the عريش of a vine: or عَرِيشَةٌ , with ة, is the same as هودج; and its pl. is عَرَائِشُ, which signifies the same as هَوَادِجُ.
4 And An enclosure of the kind called حَظِيرَة, made for beasts, to protect them from the cold.
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