مَسَدٌ
1.
The fibres that grow at the roots of the branches of the palm-tree; synonym لِيفٌ: (S, A, L:) you say حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ
a rope, or halter, of those fibres: (S, A:) also, مَسَدٌ alone signifies a rope of those fibres: (S, M, L, K:) or, of those of the [kind of palm-tree called] مُقْل: (Zj, L, K:) or, of the leaves of the palm-tree: or, of the soft hair of the camel: (S, M, L: [see an example voce زَاهِقٌ:]) or, of other hair: or, of wool: or, of hides: (M, L:) or, of camels' hides: (S, L:) or, of plants: or, of the bark of a tree: (L:) or, of any thing: (M, L, K:) or a plaited rope, firmly twisted, (M, L, K,) of any of the materials above mentioned: (M, L:) applied to a rope, it is for مَمْسُودٌ; and is thus similar to نَفْضٌ, meaning ما نُفِضَ: (L:) plural أَمْسَادٌ and مِسَادٌ. (M, L, K.) حَبْلٌ مِنْ مَسَدٍ in the Qur'an, cxi., last verse, is said to mean A chain seventy cubits in length, whereby the woman upon whose neck it is to be put shall be led into hell, (Zj, T, M, L,) firmly twisted of iron; as though it were a rope of iron strongly twisted. (L.)