ثبن

1 ثَبَنَ الثَّوْبَ ثبن الثوب , aor. ثَبِنَ , inf. n. ثَبْنٌ and ثِبَانٌ, He folded the extremity of the garment, and sewed it; (S, K;) [ he made a tuck in the garment, to shorten it; ] like خَبَنَهُ: (S:) or, (K,) i. e. ثَبَنَ, (TA,) he put a thing into the receptacle [ thereof ] and carried it before him; as also ↓ تثبّن: and in like manner, he folded and sewed over a thing the doubled upper border of his trousers in front: (K, * TA:) or شَيْئًا ↓ تثبّن has this last meaning; and signifies also he put a thing into a ثِبَان [q. v.] and carried it before him: (S:) and ثَبَنَ فِى ثَوْبِهِ, aor. and inf. ns. as above; (M;) and فِيهِ ↓ اثبن, (M, K, as in the CK,) accord. to [some of] the copies of the K اثتبن, but the former is the right reading; (TA;) and ↓ ثبّن; (M;) he put a thing into the receptacle [ thereof ] and carried it before him [ in his garment ]: (M, K: *) [see also أَخْبَنَ:] or you say, فِى ثَوْبِهِ ↓ ثبّنهُ he made it a ثِبَان (or thing carried [ before him ]) in his garment: (T:) and ↓ تثبّن ثِبَانًا he made a receptacle in which he [so] carried a thing before him. (T.)