مَحْشَاةٌ

[The rectum;] the lowest of the places of the food, (As, TA,) [i. e.] the portion of the intestines which is the lowest of the places of the food, (IAth, TA,) leading [immediately] to the place of egress; (As, TA;) in a beast, i. q. مَبْعَرٌ: (TA: [explained in the K in article حش, to which it does not belong:]) plural مَحَاشٍ. (IAth, TA.) Hence, إِيَّاكُمْ وَ إِتْيَانَ النِّسَاءِ فِى مَحَاشِيهِنَّ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَحْشَاةٍ حَرَامٌ. (TA.)