مِقْنَبٌ
Root: قنب
Full Definition
مِقْنَبٌ
A thing that the sportsman has with him, his bag, (خَرِيطَة, O, or وِعَآء, K,) or a thing resembling a
مِخْلَاة or a
خَرِيطَة, in which he puts the game that he takes.
2 See also قِنَابٌ, in two places.
3 Also A ring of gold.
def.2 And A troop of horses or horsemen, or of both, from thirty to forty, or less than a hundred, or as many as three hundred: or a troop of horses or horsemen that assemble for a hostile, or predatory, incursion: pl. مَقَانِبُ.
2 See also قِنَابٌ, in two places.
3 Also A ring of gold.
def.2 And A troop of horses or horsemen, or of both, from thirty to forty, or less than a hundred, or as many as three hundred: or a troop of horses or horsemen that assemble for a hostile, or predatory, incursion: pl. مَقَانِبُ.
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