مِقْوَسٌ
Root: قوس
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مِقْوَسٌ
A bow-case.
def.2 A horse-course; a race-ground: a place whence horses run for a race; i. e., a rope at which the horses are placed in a row on the occasion of racing, in the place whence they run: or the extended rope from which the horses are started: also called مقيص: the pl. is مَقَاوِسُ. Hence the saying, عُرِضَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى المِقْوَسِ [Such a one has been put to the starting-rope]; meaning,
def.2 A horse-course; a race-ground: a place whence horses run for a race; i. e., a rope at which the horses are placed in a row on the occasion of racing, in the place whence they run: or the extended rope from which the horses are started: also called مقيص: the pl. is مَقَاوِسُ. Hence the saying, عُرِضَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى المِقْوَسِ [Such a one has been put to the starting-rope]; meaning,
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