أَلَبٌ

a dialect var. of يَلَبٌ; (M;) Helmets of camels' shins: or, as some say, it signifies steel: (T:) أَلَبَةٌ is [its n. un., being] a dialect var. of يَلَبَةٌ. (K, * TA.) [See also يَلَبٌ.]