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2 طنّبهُ ذ , inf. n. تَطْنِيبٌ, He extended it, (K, TA,) namely, a tent, (A, TA,) by means of its أَطْنَاب [or tent-ropes], and tied it, or made it fast. (K, TA.) And طنّب [alone] He stretched his tent-ropes and pitched his tent. (TA voce رَافِضٌ, q. v.) ― -b2- [Hence,] طنّب بِالمَكَانِ, (S, K,) or بِالبَلَدِ, (A,) (tropical:) He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place, or in the country or town. (S, A, K.) ― -b3- And طنّب القَوْسَ He attached an إِِطْنَابَة [q. v.] to the bow. (TA.) ― -b4- And تَطْنِيبُ السِّقَآءِ means تَطْبِيبُهُ [q. v.], (K,) i. e. The hanging the milk-skin to a pole of the tent, and then agitating it to produce the butter. (AA, TA.) -A2- طنّب said of a horse, He was long in the مَتْن [i. e. the back, or the portion of flesh and sinew on either side of the back-bone]. (S, O. [See also 1.]) -A3- And, said of a wolf, He howled. (K.)

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