إِتْبٌ

1.
(T, S, M, A, K) and مِيءْتَبَةٌ (M, K) A بَقِير, (S,) or بَقِيرَة, (M, K,) i. e., (S, M, [but in the K what here follows is given as a meaning distinct from that of بقيرة,]) a بُرْد [q. v.], (S, M, K,) or piece of cloth, (S, A,) which is slit (S, M, A, K) in the middle, (S,) and worn by a woman, (A, K,) who throws it upon her neck, (S, M,) [putting her head through the slit;] having neither an opening at the bosom (a جَيْب), nor sleeves: (S, M, A, K:) and a woman's shift: (T, M, K:) and, (K,) or according to some, (M,) a garment that is short, reaching half-way down the shank: (M, K:) or [a garment like] drawers, or trousers, without legs; (M, K;) i. q. نُقْبَهٌ: (M:) or a shirt without sleeves, (S voce بَقِيرٌ, M, K,) worn by women: (S ubi suprà:) the first explanation alone is given in most lexicons: (TA:) some say that it is different from the إِزَار; that it has no band like that of drawers or trousers, and is not sewed together after the manner of drawers or trousers, but is a shirt of which the two sides are not sewed together: (M:) or i. q. عِلْقَةٌ and صِدَارٌ and شَوْذَرٌ; all signifying one and the same thing: (T:) plural [of pauc.] اتَابٌ (M, K [in the CK and a MS. copy of the K written اَتابٌ]) [originally أَأْتَابٌ which is mentioned as one of the pls. by MF] and اتُبٌ [originally أَأْتُبٌ which is also mentioned as one of the pls. by MF] and by transposition أَتْوءُبٌ, (MF,) and [of mult.] أُتُوبٌ, (S,) or إِتَابٌ, (M,) or both. (K.)
2.
[Hence,] إتْبٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The husk of barley. (M, K.)

Perseus ID: n137