الف

مَأْلَفٌ ذ [ An accustomed place; ] a place to which a man keeps or cleaves; [ which he frequents, or to which he habitually resorts; ] with which he is familiar, or to which he is accustomed; (Msb;) a place with which men or camels [or birds and the like ] are familiar, &c. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- And hence, Leafy trees to which animals of the chase draw near. (AZ, K.)