جَابِيَةٌ
1.
A watering-trough, (S,) or large wateringtrough, (K,) in which water is collected (S) for camels: (TA:) or a watering-trough that collects water: (Er-Rághib, TA:) plural جَوَابٍ. (S.) Hence, in the Qur'an, 34:12, وَجَفَانٍ كَالجَوَابِى [And bowls like watering-troughs, or great wateringtroughs]. (S.)
2.
(assumed tropical:) A company of men. (K, * TA.)