برذع

بَرْذَعَةٌ ذ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and بَرْدَعَةٌ (Msb, K) A [ cloth of the kind called ] حِلْس which is put beneath the [ saddle called ] رَحْل (S, Mgh, Msb, K) of the camel: (Mgh:) pl. بَرَاذِعُ (Mgh, Msb) and بَرَادِعُ (Msb.) Ru-beh says, [using the sing. without the ة as a coll. gen. n.,] ↓ وَ تَحْتَ أَحْنَاآءِ الرِّحَالِ البَرْذَعُ [ And beneath the curved pieces of wood of the camels' saddles are the bardha'ahs ]. (TA.) ― -b2- This is the primary signification: but in the conventional language of our time, it is applied to An ass's saddle; the thing upon which one rides on an ass, like the سَرْج to the horse; (Msb;) [i. e. a pad, or stuffed saddle; generally stuffed with straw; and used for a mule as well as for an ass; ] or an ass's برذعة is a saddle like the رَحْل and قَتَب. (TA voce اـِكَافٌ, q. v.) -A2- بَرْذَعَةٌ also signifies Land which is neither hard nor soft: (K:) pl. as above. (TA.)