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دَبَّابَةٌ دباب دبابه دبابة fem. of دَبَّابٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Also, as a subst., The musculus, or testudo;] a machine (M, * Mgh, * K, TA) made of skins and wood, (TA,) used in war; (M, Mgh, K, TA;) men entering into [or beneath] it, (Mgh, TA,) it is propelled to the lower part of a fortress, and they make a breach therein (M, Mgh, K, TA) while within the machine, (M, K, TA,) which defends them from what is thrown upon them from above: (TA:) it is also called ضَبْرٌ. (Mgh.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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