دِثَارٌ
1.
Any garment, (S, M, * A, Mgh, Msb, K,) such as a
كِسَاء
&c., which a man throws upon himself (Mgh, Msb) over the
شِعَار [or garment that is next the body]: (S, M, A, Msb, K:) or one with which a person envelopes himself entirely: (M:) or a garment which one wears for warmth above the
شعار: (T, TA:) plural دُثُرٌ. (Mgh.)
2.
It is said in a tradition respecting the Assistants (الانصار) [of Mohammad], أَنْتُمُ الشِّعَارُ وَالنَّاسُ
الدِّثَارُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Ye are the persons of distinction, and the [other] people are the vulgar. (TA.) [See also شِعَارٌ.]
3.
أَبُو دِثَارٍ and بَيْتُ أَبِى دِثَارٍ
The thin curtain (كِلَّة) by which one protects himself from gnats, or musquitoes; the musquito-curtain: [see an example in the first paragraph of article بعض:], or ابو دثار is an appellation of the gnat, or musquito; because it is concealed in the daytime; or because a دثار is wanted to protect one from its annoyance. (TA.)