قنح

قُنَّاحَةٌ ذ A crooked, or curved, long مِفْتَاح [or instrument for opening a door ]: (S, L, K:) [from what here follows, it seems to be a kind of wooden lever, with a crooked, or curved, end, with which a door is raised and opened: (see also 1:)] a wooden implement with which a door is raised [ and opened, app. by lifting the lower pivot ( which serves as a hinge ) out of its socket ]: (A, L:) and any piece of wood that is inserted beneath another [ as a lever ] in order to move it. (L.)