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غِلَالَةٌ ذ A garment that is worn next the body, beneath the other garment, (S, O, K,) and likewise beneath the coat of mail; (S, O;) also called ↓ غُلَّةٌ : (K, TA:) pl. [of the former] غَلَائِلُ and [of the latter] غُلَلٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A piece of cloth with which a woman makes her posteriors [to appear] large, (O, * K, * TA,) binding it upon her hinder part, beneath her waist-wrapper; (TA;) as also ↓ غُلَّةٌ , of which the pl. is غُلَلٌ. (IB, TA.) ― -b3- And The pin that connects the two heads of the ring [of a coat of mail]: (O, K:) pl. غَلَائِلُ. (TA.) And غَلَائِلُ signifies Coats of mail: or the pins thereof that connect the heads of the rings: or linings, or inner coverings, that are worn beneath them, (K, TA,) i. e. beneath the coats of mail: and [it is said that] the sing. thereof is ↓ غَلِيلَةٌ . (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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