حنب

مُحَنَّبٌ محنب An old man bent (K, TA) with age. (TA.) ― -b2- A horse characterized by what is termed تَحْنِيبٌ: (K:) [see 2:]) accord. to A 'Obeyd, wide in the space between the hind legs, without فَجَجٌ, or فَحَجٌ: (so accord. to different copies of the S: [see these terms explained above, conj. 2:]) an epithet of commendation: (S:) accord. to ISh, having curved bones: the mare, he says, is termed ↓ حَنْبَاآءُ: and this latter, accord. to As, is an epithet applied to a mare curved in the سَاقَانِ [or shanks ] of the fore legs: or, accord. to IAar, in [ the shanks of ] the hind legs: or, as he says in another place, curved in the ساق [here app. meaning the hind shank ]. (TA.) [See also مُجَنَّبٌ.]