إِطْنَابَةٌ
1.
A
مِظَلَّة; (S, O, K, TA; [in one of my copies of the S مُظِلَّة, and in the CK مَظَلَّة, but, as is said in the TA, it is with kesr;]) meaning a large tent of [goats'] hair. (KL.)
2.
And A thong at the head of the bow-string; (As, TA;) a thong that is bound to the end of the string of the Arabian bow: (S, O:) or the thong that is at the lower curved extremity of the bow and that binds the string to the notch: (TA:) or, as also
طُنُبٌ, a thong that is connected with the bowstring, and then wound round the
كُظْر, (K, TA,) which is the notch of the bow, into which the ring of the bow-string goes. (TA.)
3.
And A thong, or strap, that is bound to the end of the girth, as an aid to its [main] strap when it becomes loose, or unsteady: (TA:) or a thong, or strap, of the girth, that is tied in a knot to the buckle: plural أَطَانِيبُ. (O, TA.) En-Nábighah [Edh-Dhubyánee (O)] says, (O, TA,) describing horses, and the same words occur in a verse of Selámeh, (TA,)
which is said to mean, [Striking the ground with their hoofs,] the knots of the breast-girths (الأَلْبَاب and الحُزُم) having become loose. (O, TA. [عُقْدُ is here put for عُقَدُ for the sake of the metre.])يَرْكُضْنَ قَدْ قَلِقَتْ عُقْدُ الأَطَانِيبِ
4.
One says also خَيْلٌ أَطَانِيبُ, (O,) and غَارَاتٌ
أَطَانِيبُ, (A, O,) meaning (tropical:) [Horses or horsemen, and horsemen making a raid,] following one another (A, O) continuously, without [visible] end. (A.) And رَأَيْتُ إِطْنَابَةً مِنْ خَيْلٍ and مِنْ طَيْرٍ (assumed tropical:) [I saw a number following one another of horses or horsemen and of birds]. (O.)