حقب

حِقَابٌ حقاب حقب A thing to which a woman hangs ornaments, and which she binds upon her waist; as also ↓ حَقَبٌ: (K:) an ornamented thing which a woman binds upon her waist: (S:) accord. to Az, like the بَرِيم, except that the latter has different-coloured threads. (TA.) ― -b2- A thread, or string, that is bound upon the waist of a child to avert the evil eye. (Az, K.) ― -b3- The whiteness that appears at the root of the nail. (K.)