A piece of wood which is put crosswise in the mouth of a kid, (S, K, TA,) or, as in the M, in the two sides of the mouth of a kid or lamb, and tied behind its head, (TA,) in order that it may not suck its mother; (S, K;) as also ↓شِبمَ: (K:) and so حِشَاكٌ. (IDrd and S in article حشك.)
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Also, (K,) or the dual, شِبَامَانِ, (S, TA,) Two threads, or strings, attached to the [kind of face-veil called] بُرْقُع, by which the woman [draws and] binds [the two upper corners of] it to the back of her head: (S, K:) [also called ثِبَاتٌ:] plural شُبُمٌ. (O in article سنبك.)