ضِبْنٌ
1.
The part between the armpit and the
كَشْح [or flank]; (S, K, TA;) or the حِضْن [which generally means as above]; (A'Obeyd, TA;) [or] the part, of the side, between the armpit and the
حِضْن [which is here evidently used as synonym with كَشْح]: (S:) or the armpit [itself]: so says Ibn-El-Faraj: like ضِبْرٌ: (TA in art ضبر:) or the armpit and the part next to it: or the uppermost part of the side: or the part beneath the
كَشْح [or flank] and beneath the armpit: or the part between the
خَاصِرَة [or flank] and the head [or crest] of the hip. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A side of a road: one says, أَخَذَ فِى ضِبْنٍ مِنَ
الطَّرِيقِ (assumed tropical:) He took a side of the road: plural أَضْبانٌ. (TA.)
3.
And هُوَ فِى ضِبْنِ فُلَانٍ means (assumed tropical:) He is in the quarter, or protection, of such a one; as also
فى ضِبْنَتِهِ. (TA.)
4.
[The plural] أَضْبَانٌ signifies also (tropical:) The narrow places (مَضَايِق) of the جَمَل [an evident mistranscription for جَبَل i. e. mountain]. (TA.)
5.
And (assumed tropical:) Places abounding with beasts of prey: (K, TA:) singular ضِبْنٌ. (TA.)
6.
And الضِّبْنُ signifies (assumed tropical:) That [place, or ground,] which renders people impotent, or helpless, to dig it. (K.)