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سِنَافٌ ذ The [breast-girth called] لَبَب: (K:) or the appertenance of the camel that is as the لَبَب to the horse or similar beast: (Kh, S:) or a cord which you tie to the تَصْدِير [or breast-girth of the camel], then you bring it forward so as to put it behind the callous protuberance upon the breast, [and there, app., make it fast in some manner,] and it keeps the تصدير in its place: (As, S, O, K:) this is done only when the belly of the camel has become lank, and his تصدير has [consequently] become unsteady: (S, O, K: *) or a cord that is tied from the hind girth of the camel to his breast-girth and is then tied to his neck, when he has become lank: (M:) pl. [of mult.] سُنُفٌ (M, K) and سُنْفٌ (K) and [of pauc.] أَسْنِفَةٌ: (TA:) and a leathern strap or thong, or some other thing, that is put behind the [breast-girth called] لَبَب, in order that it may not slip [from its place]. (M.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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