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طَنَبٌ ذ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (O, Msb, TK.) Length in the back of a horse; (A, O, Msb, K;) which is a fault (A, O, Msb, K, TA) in the male, but not in the female: (TA:) one says, فِيهِ طَنَبٌ (A) or فِى ظَهْرِهِ طَنَبٌ (TA) In him is length in the back (A) or in his back is length. (TA.) And Length in the kind legs [of a horse], together with laxness. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And Crookedness in a spear. (S, O, K.)

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