حزم

حِزَامٌ حزام [The girth of a horse and the like; and the girdle of a man;] the thing with which one girths, or girds; as also ↓ حِزَامَةٌ and ↓ مِحْزَمٌ and ↓ مِحْزَمَةٌ: (K:) pl. حُزُمٌ, (Msb, K, TA, [in the CK حُزْمٌ,]) i. e., pl. of حِزَامٌ, (Msb, TA,) [and أَحْزِمَةٌ is pl. of pauc. of the same:] the pl. of مِحْزَمَةٌ [and مِحْزَمٌ] is مَحَازِمُ. (TA.) [J says,] The حِزَام of the beast is well known: and hence the saying, جَاوَزَ الحِزَامُ الطُّبْيَيْنِ [ The girth passed beyond the two teats ]; (S;) meaning (assumed tropical:) the affair, or case, became distressing, and formidable. (K in art. طبى.) ― -b2- Hence, also, The حِزَام [or swaddling-band ] of a child in his cradle. (S.) ― -b3- [And hence, also,] أَخَذَ حِزَامَ الطَّرِيقِ (tropical:) He took the middle, and main part, or beaten track, of the road. (TA.)