خذف

مِخْذَفَةٌ ذ A kind of sling; syn. مِقْلَاعٌ: (S, K:) or a thing with which one throws: (S:) or it signifies also a wooden instrument with which one throws in the manner termed خَذْفٌ: (K:) or a thing into which stones are put, and with which they are thrown at birds &c., like a مِقْلَاع. (ISd.) [In the TA in art. دث, it is said (in my opinion erroneously) to signify a bullet. ] ― -b2- See also الخَذَّافَةُ.