مَشَادِهُ

[a plural of which the singular is apparently مَشْدَهَةٌ] Things that cause one to be busied, occupied, or employed; or busied, &c., so as to be diverted from something; or diverted from a thing by being busied; synonym مَشَاغِلُ [plural of مَشْغَلَةٌ]. (Z, K.)