جِلْفَةٌ

A broken piece of dry bread, (K, TA,) thick, or coarse, (TA,) and without anything to render it savoury: (K, TA:) plural جِلَفٌ. (TA.) [See جِلْفٌ, of which it may be regarded as the n. un.]

A piece of anything: (Sgh, K:) plural as above. (TA.)

The portion of a reed for writing that is between its مَبْرَى [or place where the paring is commenced] and its point; as also ↓ جَلْفَةٌ. (K.)