طنب

اـِطْنَابَةٌ ذ A مِظَلَّة; (S, O, K, TA; [in one of my copies of the S مُظِلَّة, and in the CK مَظَلَّة, but, as is said in the TA, it is with kesr;]) meaning a large tent of [ goats' ] hair. (KL.) -A2- And A thong at the head of the bow-string; (As, TA;) a thong that is bound to the end of the string of the Arabian bow: (S, O:) or the thong that is at the lower curved extremity of the bow and that binds the string to the notch: (TA:) or, as also ↓ طُنُبٌ, a thong that is connected with the bowstring, and then wound round the كُظْر, (K, TA,) which is the notch of the bow, into which the ring of the bow-string goes. (TA.) ― -b2- And A thong, or strap, that is bound to the end of the girth, as an aid to its [ main ] strap when it becomes loose, or unsteady: (TA:) or a thong, or strap, of the girth, that is tied in a knot to the buckle: pl. أَطَانِيبُ. (O, TA.) En-Nábighah [Edh-Dhubyánee (O)] says, (O, TA,) describing horses, and the same words occur in a verse of Selámeh, (TA,) يَرْكُضْنَ قَدْ قَلِقَتْ عُقْدُ الأَطَانِيبِ which is said to mean, [ Striking the ground with their hoofs, ] the knots of the breast-girths (الأَلْبَاب and الحُزُم) having become loose. (O, TA. [عُقْدُ is here put for عُقَدُ for the sake of the metre.]) ― -b3- One says also خَيْلٌ أَطَانِيبُ, (O,) and غَارَاتٌ أَطَانِيبُ, (A, O,) meaning (tropical:) [ Horses or horsemen, and horsemen making a raid, ] following one another (A, O) continuously, without [ visible ] end. (A.) And رَأَيْتُ اـِطْنَابَةً مِنْ خَيْلٍ and مِنْ طَيْرٍ (assumed tropical:) [ I saw a number following one another of horses or horsemen and of birds ]. (O.)