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طَرْبَلَ بَوْلَهُ
طِرْبَالٌ
A high portion of a wall; (S, O;) whence the saying, in a trad., that when any one passes by a leaning طربال, he should quicken his pace: (O:) it resembles a
مَنْظَرَة
of the
مَنَاظِر
of the 'Ajam, being in form like a
صَوْمَعَة [q. v.]: (AO, O, TA:) or a sign of the way, constructed (O, K) upon a mountain: (O:) and (O, K) accord. to IDrd, (O,) a portion of a mountain, and of a wall, elongated in form towards the sky, (O, K,) and inclining: (O:) and any high building: (K:) [and this seems to be meant by what here next follows:] accord. to IAar, a high, or an overtopping, or overlooking,
هَدَف: (TA:) and, (S, O, K,) as some say, (O,) a great, high, or overtopping, rock (S, O, K) of a mountain: (S, K:) ISh says that it is a structure erected as a sign for horses to run thereto in a race, and one kind thereof is like the
مَنَارَة [q. v.]: Fr, that it signifies a
صَوْمَعَة [q. v.]: (TA:) and [it is said that] the طَرَابيل of Syria are its
صَوَامِع. (S, O, K.) Az mentions his having heard [the pl.] طَرَابِيلُ, and عَرَازِيلُ likewise, applied to Booths constructed of palm-branches, in which the watchers of the palm-trees shelter themlseves from the sun. (TA.)
طِرْبِيلٌ
[perhaps from the Latin “ tribula ” or “ tribulum ”] The [machine, or drag, called] نَوْرَج [q. v.] with which the heap of corn is thrashed. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)