إِسَارٌ

A thing with which one binds; (M, K;) a thong of untanned hide, (S, A, Msb,) with which one binds a camel's saddle, (As, S,) [as also إِصَارٌ,] and a captive; and so أَسْرٌ, q. v.: (S:) and a rope, or cord, with which a captive is bound: and a pair of shackles: (TA:) plural أُسُرٌ. (M, K.) [See also 1.] You say, حَلَّ إِسَارَهُ فَأَطْلَقَهُ He untied his thong of untanned hide wherewith he was bound, and released him. (A.)