حبس

حِبْسٌ حبس A dam constructed of wood or stones, in a channel of water, to confine the water, (S, K,) that people may drink from it and water their beasts; (S, TA;) as also ↓ حَبْسٌ: (El-'Ámiree, K:) pl. أَحْبَاسٌ (S, TA) and حِبَاسٌ: (Meyd, in Golius:) or a dam by which the water-course of a valley is obstructed, in any place where it is confined: (TA:) or stones put in the mouth of a river or rivulet or the like, preventing the overflowing of the water: (IAar, TA:) or a مَصْنَعَة for water; [i. e. a thing like a حَوْض, or water-ing-trough for beasts &c., in which the rain-water is collected; ] (S;) as also ↓ حَابِسٌ: (TA:) or a thing like a مَصْنَعَة for water: (AA, K:) pl. أَحْبَاسٌ: (AA, TA:) and ↓ حُبَاسَةٌ and ↓ حِبَاسَةٌ signify the same as حِبْسٌ: or, accord. to Lth, the حباسات in a piece of land are what surround a [ portion of ground such as is called ] دَبْرَةٌ, which is the same as a مَشَارَة, in which the water is confined until they are full, when it is made to flow to other parts: (TA:) or a حِبْس is what is surrounded by dams [or by ridges of earth ] which confine, or retain, the water [ for irrigation ]; as also مَشَارَةٌ and دَبْرَةٌ. (R, TA in art. شور.) ― -b2- Also Water collected, and having no supply to increase it: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) thus called by the name of that by which it is confined. (TA.)