عول

عَالَةٌ ذ A ظُلَّة [or covering ], (K,) or a thing like a ظُلَّة, (S, O,) used as a shelter from the rain, (S, O, K,) constructed with cuttings of trees [ in a manner described above: see 2, last sentence]. (TA.) ― -b2- And i. q. نَعَامَةٌ, (Kr, K,) either as meaning The species of animal thus called [i. e. an ostrich ], or as meaning a ظُلَّة, for thus نَعَامَةٌ also signifies. (TA.) -A2- [As a pl.: see عِيَالٌ.] -A3- See also art. عيل.