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مَحَطٌّ محط [A place where loads, &c., are put down. ― -b2- And hence,] (assumed tropical:) A place where one alights, or alights and abides; (S, TA;) as also ↓ مَحَطَّاتٌ : pl. [of either] مَحَاطُّ and [of the latter] مَحَطَّاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] مَحَطُّ سُفُنٍ [A place for unloading of ships]. (S and K in art. فرض.) ― -b4- [Hence also,] هٰذَا مَحَطُّ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) [This is the meaning, or intent, of the saying, or sentence: used in this sense in the present day]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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