a subst. from أَعْطَنَ الإِبِلَ [q. v., as such signifying The watering of camels and then making them to lie down at the water: or the confining of camels at the water, where they lie down, after having come to it and drunk]. (K.)
2.
-A2- Also The place of [the operation termed] العَطْن [verbal noun of عَطَنَ in the phrase عَطَنَ الجِلْدَ, q. v.]. (AZ, TA.)