حوص

حِيَاصَةٌ حياصه حياصة , originally حِوَاصَةٌ, (K, &c.,) A strip, or thong, of leather, in the girth: or a long strip, or thong, of leather: (TA:) or a strip, or thong, of leather, with which the girth of a horse's saddle is tied: (K:) or the girth of a beast. (T, TA.) This is the primary signification: and sometimes it is used to signify ― -b2- Anything with which a man binds his waist: [particularly, in modern usage, a kind of girdle, zone, or waistbelt, which is fastened round the waist with a buckle or clasp; worn by men and by women; and when worn by wealthy women, generally adorned with jewels &c., and having two plates of silver or gold, also generally jewelled, which clasp together: in earlier post-classical times, it is described as being of silver, and of gold: (see Dozy's “ Dict. des Noms des Vêtements chez les Arabes, ” pp. 145-7:) pl. حَوَائِصُ:] of the dial. of Syria. (TA.) ― -b3- [See also another application of this word voce حُرْدِىٌّ.]