خدر

خِدْرٌ خدر A curtain (S, A, Msb, K) that is extended for a girl in a part of a house, or chamber, or tent; as also ↓ أُخْدُورٌ: (K:) and hence, (M,) any chamber, or house, or tent, or the like, that conceals a person: (M, K:) or a chamber, or house, or tent, in which is a woman; not otherwise: (Msb:) pl. [of mult.] خُدُورٌ (A, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَخْدَارٌ, and pl. pl. [i. e. pl. of the latter of these two, or pl. of أُخْدُورٌ,] أَخَادِيرُ. (K.) ― -b2- [And hence, A vehicle composed of ] pieces of wood set up over the saddle (قَتَب) of the camel, and curtained with a piece of cloth; (K;) i. e. a هَوْدَج. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] (tropical:) The lurking-place of a lion. (S, K, TA.) ― -b4- See also what next follows.