حِبْسٌ
1.
A dam constructed of wood or stones, in a channel of water, to confine the water, (S, K,) that people may drink from it and water their beasts; (S, TA;) as also
حَبْسٌ: (El-'Ámiree, K:) plural أَحْبَاسٌ (S, TA) and حِبَاسٌ: (Meyd, in Golius:) or a dam by which the water-course of a valley is obstructed, in any place where it is confined: (TA:) or stones put in the mouth of a river or rivulet or the like, preventing the overflowing of the water: (IAar, TA:) or a
مَصْنَعَة
for water; [i. e. a thing like a
حَوْض, or water-ing-trough for beasts &c., in which the rain-water is collected;] (S;) as also
حَابِسٌ: (TA:) or a thing like a
مَصْنَعَة
for water: (AA, K:) plural
أَحْبَاسٌ: (AA, TA:) and
حُبَاسَةٌ and
حِبَاسَةٌ signify the same as حِبْسٌ: or, according to Lth, the حباسات in a piece of land are what surround a [portion of ground such as is called] دَبْرَةٌ, which is the same as a
مَشَارَة, in which the water is confined until they are full, when it is made to flow to other parts: (TA:) or a حِبْس is what is surrounded by dams [or by ridges of earth] which confine, or retain, the water [for irrigation]; as also مَشَارَةٌ and دَبْرَةٌ. (R, TA in article شور.)
2.
Also Water collected, and having no supply to increase it: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) thus called by the name of that by which it is confined. (TA.)