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مِغْفَرٌ ذ What is worn beneath the helmet: (Mgh, Msb:) or a piece of mail, (زَرَدٌ, S K,) woven (S) from the دِرْع [or coat of mail], (S, K,) according to the size of the head, (S,) worn beneath the [kind of cap called] قَلَنْسُوَة; (S, K;) as also ↓ مِغْفَرَةٌ and ↓ غِفَارَةٌ : (K:) or the رَفْرَف [or pendent appertenance] of the helmet: (TA:) or a piece of mail, (حَلَقٌ, or حِلَقٌ, as in different copies of the K,) which an armed man, (K,) or a man, accord. to some lexicons, (TA,) wears in the manner of a قِنَاع (يَتَقَنَّعُ بِهَا); as also ↓ مِغْفَرَةٌ and ↓ غِفَارَةٌ : (K:) accord. to ISh, the مِغْفَر is a piece of mail (حَلَقٌ) which a man puts beneath the helmet, hanging down upon the neck: and sometimes, he says, it is like the قَلَنْسُوَة, except that it is more ample; a man throws it upon his head, and it reaches to the coat of mail; then the helmet is put on over it; and this مغفر hangs down upon the shoulders: sometimes, also, the مغفر is [a covering for the head] made of دِيبَاج [i. e. silk brocade], and of [the cloth called] خَزّ [q. v.], beneath the helmet: accord. to “ the Book of the Coat of Mail and the Helmet, ” by AO, مِغْفَرٌ and ↓ غِفَارَةٌ are names applied to a portion of mail [forming a headcovering], which is also called تَسْبِغَةٌ [q. v.]; and sometimes the rings are exposed to view; and sometimes they line them within, and cover them externally, with دِيبَاج or خَزّ or [the kind of silk stuff called] بِزْيَوْن; and they stuff it with something (حشّوها بما كان); and sometimes they make above it a قَوْنَس [or tapering top] of silver &c.: (TA:) the term مِغْفَر is also applied to the helmet itself. (Mgh.) -A2- See also مُغْفُورٌ, in three places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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