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زَامِلَةٌ ذ A camel (S, Mgh, Msb, K) or other beast (K) used for carrying (S, Mgh, Msb, K) the goods, or furniture and utensils, of a man (S, Mgh, Msb) travelling, (Mgh, Msb,) and his food; (S, Mgh;) the ة denoting intensiveness: (Msb:) or a she-camel upon which are carried the goods, or furniture and utensils, of the traveller: (Har p. 130:) from زَمَلَ “ he bore, or carried, ” a thing: (Mgh, Msb:) pl. زَوَامِلُ. (TA.) [See also زَوْمَلَةٌ.] ― -b2- Afterwards used to signify The عِدْل [properly half-load] in which is the pilgrim's travelling-provision, consisting of biscuit, or dry bread, and fruit (ثمر [app. a mistranscription for تَمْر i. e. dates]), and the like. (Mgh.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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