عُلْبَةٌ
1.
A milking-vessel of skin, (S, O, TA,) or of wood, like a large
قَدَح [or bowl]: (TA:) or a large
قَدَح
of camel's skin, or of wood, into which one milks: (K:) or a bowl into which the she-camel is milked: or a
قَدَح
of wood, or of skin and wood: or a vessel of skin, in the form of a bowl, with a wooden hoop: Az says, it is a piece of skin taken from the side of a camel's hide while it is fresh; it is made round, and filled with soft sand; then its edges are drawn together, and perforated with a wooden skewer, and it is bound so as to be closed, [thus] contracted, by a cord [passed through the holes made with the skewer], and left until it becomes dry and tough; then its upper part is cut off, and it stands by reason of its dryness, resembling a round bowl, as though it were carved out, or fashioned by the turner; the pastor and the rider suspend it, and milk into it, and drink out of it; and it is convenient to the man of the desert by its lightness, and its not breaking when the camel shakes it about or when it falls to the ground: (TA:) IAar says that this word and جَنْبَةٌ and دَسْمَاءُ and سَمْرَاءُ all signify the same: (O:) the plural is عُلَبٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and عِلَابٌ. (S, Msb, K.)