شَعِيبٌ

A [leathern water-bag such as is called] مَزَادَة [q. v.]; (A'Obeyd, S, K;) as also رَاوِيَةٌ and سَطِيحَةٌ: (A'Obeyd, S:) or one that has been repaired, or pieced: (TA:) or one that is made of two hides: (K:) or one that is made of two hides facing each other, without فِيءَام at their corners; فيءام in [the making of] مَزَايِد being the taking of the hide and folding it, and then adding at the sides what will widen it: or one that is pieced (تُفْأَمُ) with a third skin, between the two skins, that it may be rendered wider: or one that is made of two pieces joined together: (TA:) or one that is sewed (مَخْرُوزَة, K and TA, in the CK مَحْزُوزَة,) on both sides: (K:) called thus because one part is joined to another: (L, TA:) plural شُعُبٌ. (K, * TA.)

Also An old, worn-out skin for water or milk: (K:) because it is pieced, or repaired: (TA:) plural as above. (K.)

And A camel's saddle; synonym رَحْلٌ: because it is joined, part to part: so in the saying of El-Marrár, describing a she-camel,

إِذَا هِىَ خَرَّتْ خَرَّ مِنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهَا

شَعِيبٌ بِهِ إِحْمَامُهَا وَلُغُوبُهَا

[When she falls down, or fell down, there falls down, or fell down, from her right side a saddle by reason of which was her fevered and jaded state]. (TA.)

And رَجُلٌ شَعِيبٌ i. q. غَرِيبٌ [A man who is a stranger, &c.]. (AA, TA voce غَرِيبٌ.)