شِحْنَةٌ

[Also] A body of men sufficing for the guarding, controlling, or firm holding, of a province, or city, on the part of the Sultán. (Az, L, K. *) And (K) A troop of horsemen keeping post (S, L, K) in a country or town. (S, L.) IB says that the vulgar usage of this word as synonym with أَمِيرٌ [i. e. A commander or commandant, &c., being used apparently only in post-classical times, from the Pers. شَحْنَهْ, meaning in Pers., and hence in Arabic also, a viceroy, prefect, chief of the police, or the like,] is a mistake. (L.)

And The quantity of fodder appointed to beasts as sufficing them for a day and a night. (Az, L, K.)