مُشَبَّمٌ

Applied to a lion, it means Having his mouth tied, or bound; from شِبَامٌ in the former of the senses explained above: (Meyd, TA:) thus in the following prov.:

تَفْرَقُ مِنْ صَتِ الغُرَا

بِ وَتَفْرِسُ الأَسَدَ المُشَبَّمْ

[She is frightened at the cry of the crow, or raven, and breaks the neck of the lion whose mouth is tied]: (Meyd, K, TA:) or, according to another relation, المُشَتَّم, [meaning “ the grimfaced, ”] from شَتَامَةُ الوَجْهِ: (Meyd:) a saying originating from the fact of a woman's breaking the neck of a lion, and then hearing the cry of a crow, or raven, and being frightened: applied to him who advances boldly to undertake that which is of high account, [or attended with peril,] and fears that which is contemptible. (Meyd, K.)