Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَشَارَةٌ

Root: شور

Full Definition

مَشَارَةٌ : see مِشْوَارٌ.

def.2 Also A rivulet, or streamlet, for irrigation; syn. سَاقِيَةٌ: (TA voce رَكِيبٌ:) or a channel of water: (TA voce دَبْر:) or a دَبْرَة [i. e. either a small channel of water for irrigation or a portion of ground] in land sown or for sowing: or a دَبْرَة [app. here meaning a portion of ground] cut off, or separated, from the adjacent parts, (مُقْطَعَةٌ,) for sowing and for planting: it may be of this art., or from المَشْرَةُ: or what is surrounded by dams [or by ridges of earth] which confine, or retain, the water [for irrigation]; as also دَبْرَةٌ and حِبْسٌ: pl. مَشَاوِرُ and مَشَائِرُ.


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