حف

مِحَفَّةٌ محفه محفة , with kesr; (S, Sgh, Msb, K;) in the “ Meshárik ” of 'Iyád said to be [مَحَفَّةٌ,] with fet-h, (MF,) A vehicle of the kind used for women, like the هَوْدَج, (S, Msb, K,) except that it has no قُبَّة [or dome-like, or tent-like, top ], (S, K,) which the هودج has: (S:) or a camel's saddle (رَحْل) surrounded (يُحَفُّ [ with pieces of cloth (see 1) upon a wooden frame ]), upon which a woman rides: accord. to IDrd, so called because the [frame of] wood [with the pieces of cloth attached thereto] surrounds on all sides the sitter upon it. (TA.)