مِطْرَدٌ

A spear; so called because one hunts (يطرد) with it: (Msb:) or, (S, M, A, Mgh, L, K,) as also ↓ طِرَادٌ, (L, K, [in my copy of the Mgh, apparently, طَرَّاد, its plural being there plainly written طَرّادات, though the singular is doubtfully written, and it may be that Freytag, who mentions طَرَّادة as signifying a spear, was led to do so from his finding طِرَادَات, which I believe to be plural of طِرَادٌ, written طرّادات,]) a short spear, (M, A, Mgh, L, K,) so called for the reason above mentioned, (Mgh,) [i. e.] with which one hunts (يطرد), or with which one hunts wild animals; (M, L;) [a short hunting-spear;] or a short spear with which one thrusts, or pierces, (S, L,) wild animals, (S,) or wild asses: (L:) plural مَطَارِدُ. (A.) [And Freytag mentions مَطَارِدُ as a plural without singular, occurring in the Deewán of the Hudhalees, meaning Long arrows.]