عِكَامٌ

(S, K, TA) and ↓ عِكْمٌ (K, TA) The thing, (K, TA,) i. e. rope, (TA,) or string, (S, TA,) with which one binds goods: (S, K, TA:) and the former, if not a mere repetition in the K, may signify also the thing [or muzzle, more commonly called كِعَام,] with which the mouth of a camel is bound: (TA:) the plural of the former is عُكُمٌ, (so in copies of the K,) or عُكْمٌ. (So in the TA.)