Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَأْطُورَةٌ

Root: اطر

Full Definition

مَأْطُورَةٌ A bow.
2 A milking-vessel of skin (عُلْبَةٌ) for the head of which a twig is bent into the form of a hoop, and put round, after which its lip is covered; or, sometimes, the edges of the skin of the علبة are folded upon the hoop-formed twig, and dry upon it.


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