جَحْفَلَةٌ

1.
The lip (S, K) of a solid-hoofed animal, (Sudot;,) [i. e.,] of a horse, a mule, and an ass: (K:) and metaphorically applied to that of a man, which is properly termed شَفَةٌ: (TA:) not, as some assert, peculiarly the upper lip: (MF:) plural جَحَافِلُ. (TA.)
2.
Also, (K,) جَحْفَلَتَانِ, (TA,) Two callosities (رَقْمَتَانِ) in the two arms of the horse, (K,) resembling two marks made with a hot iron, facing each other, in the inner side of each arm. (TA.)

Perseus ID: n5146