ستر

سُتْرَةٌ ذ : see سِتْرٌ. ― -b2- Its predominant application is to A thing which a person praying sets up before him; [ sticking it in the ground, or laying it down if the ground be hard, in order that no living being or image may be the object next before him; ] such as a whip, and a staff having a pointed iron at its lower extremity. (Mgh.) [See عَنَزَةٌ: and see my “ Modern Egyptians, ” 5th ed., p. 72.] ― -b3- Also A parapet, or surrounding wall, of a flat house-top. (Mgh.) ― -b4- And i. q. ظُلَّةٌ [q. v.]. (Mgh.)