زفن

زِفْنٌ ذ A covering which they make over their flat house-tops to protect them from the heat and dew of the sea; (K;) of the dial. of 'Omán; and ↓ زَفْنٌ is a dial. var. thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- And Straight and slender palm-branches stripped of their leaves [ and cut to certain required lengths ], conjoined, one to another, [ side by side, by means of split pieces of such branches passing through holes punched in the former, ] like the woven mat: (K:) [of such are made chests for cooking utensils and provisions &c.:] of the dial. of Azd. (TA.)