مَحَاشِدُ

Places where people are collected to go forth: or it is a plural of حَشْدٌ, contr. to rule, like مَشَابِهُ [plural of شَبَهٌ] and مَلامِحُ [plural of لَمْحَةٌ]. (L from a tradition) [See مَخَاطِبُ.]