حُلَّةٌ

[A dress consisting of] an إِزَار [i. e. a waist-wrapper] and a رِدَاء [or wrapper for the whole body], (S, M, Mgh, K,) or a بُرْد [which is another kind of wrapper for the whole body], or some other garment: (M, K:) only applied to a dress consisting of two garments (S, M, Nh, Msb, K) of one kind: (Nh, Msb:) or either of the two garments by itself: or a رِدَاء and a shirt, completed by a turban; or a good garment; but not so called when upon a man; for in this case it means two garments, or three: or any good new garment that is worn, thick or coarse, or fine or thin: (TA:) or a lined garment: (K:) but with the Arabs of the desert it means [a dress consisting of] three garments, i. e. a shirt and an إِزَار and a رِدَاء: (TA:) plural حُلَلٌ (Msb) [and حِلَالٌ, as below]: according to A'Obeyd, حُلَلٌ means بُرُود of El-Yemen, (S, TA,) from various places; and a garment of this kind is asserted to be meant in a tradition in which it is said that the best kind of grave-clothing is the حُلَّة: it is also said that حُلَلٌ is applied to the وَشْى and حِبَر and خَزّ and قَزّ and قُوهِىّ and مَرْوِىّ and حَرِير. (TA.)

Also (assumed tropical:) A weapon, or weapons: (Sgh, K:) plural حُلَلٌ and حِلَالٌ. (K.) You say, لَبِسَ حُلَّتَهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He wore, or put on, his weapon, or weapons. (Sgh, TA.)

Also [like إِزَارٌ] (tropical:) A wife. (TA.)