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قَيْقَبٌ

Root: ققب

Full Definition

قَيْقَبٌ and قَيْقَبَانٌ A certain wood of which horses' saddles are made; called in Pers. آزَاد دِرَخْت. [See also قَبْقَبٌ, in art. قب.]
2 And, both words, A horse's saddle itself. [See, again, قَبْقَبٌ.]
3 And the former word signifies A strap, or thong, that surrounds the pommel and troussequin of a horse's saddle: or, as used by post-classical authors, a strap, or thong, that is put across behind the troussequin of a saddle.
4 And [The bit-mouth, or mouth-piece of a bit; also called the شَكِيمَة; i. e.] the part of a bit in the middle of which is the فَأْس.
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