طَبَقَةٌ

[generally signifying Any one of two or more things that are placed, or situate, one above another; a stage, story, or floor; a layer, or stratum; or the like: plural طَبَقَاتٌ and طِبَاقٌ]: see طَبَقٌ, in seven places.

[Hence, طَبَقَاتُ العَيْنِ The coats, or tunics, of the eye. (See جُلَيْدَةٌ.)]

[Hence also,] طَبَقَاتُ النَّاسِ The degrees, ranks, orders, or classes, of men. (S, * O, * TA.) [Thus, طَبَقَاتُ الشُّعَرَاءِ means The orders, or classes, of the poets.]

كُتُبُهُ إِلَىَّ طَبَقَةٌ is a phrase mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád as meaning His letters, or epistles, to me are consecutive. (O, TA.)

A طَبَقَة of land is [A portion] like a مَشَارَة [explained in article شور]. (TA.)