حقب

حَقَبٌ حقب A camel's hind girth; the girth that is next to the flank: (A, K:) or a rope with which a camel's saddle is bound to his belly, (S, A, Msb, K,) next to the sheath of his penis, in order that the fore girth may not draw it forward (S, TA) nor hurt him, (TA,) or in order that the saddle may not shift forward to his withers: (Msb:) pl. أَحْقَابٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- And A cord with which the حَقِيبَة is bound. (ISh, TA.) ― -b3- See also حِقَابٌ. -A2- In excellent she-camels, Smallness, or slenderness, of the flanks, with tenseness, or firmness, of the skin of those parts: a quality approved. (Az, TA.)