ربذ

رَبَذَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. ― -b2- Also The عَذَبَة [app. as meaning the عِلَاقَة, or suspensory thong in the handle, ] of a whip : (K:) [n. un. of ↓ رَبَذٌ: for you say] سَوْطٌ ذُو رَبَذٍ meaning A whip having thongs in the fore part of its جَلْز [or handle ]. (En-Nadr, TA.) -A2- Also Difficulty, or distress. (IAar, T, K.) So in the saying, كُنَّا فِى رَبَذَةٍ فَا@نْجَلَتْ عَنَّا [ We were in difficulty, or distress, and it became removed, or cleared away, from us ]. (IAar, T.)