قَصِيبَةٌ

Also, and قُصَّابَةٌ, (S, M, O, K,) and قَصَبَةٌ, (Lth, M, K,) and تَقْصِيبَةٌ, (M, O, K,) and تَقْصِبَةٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) A lock of hair having a [spiral] twisted form [so as to be like a hollow cane]: (Lth, M, K:) or a pendent lock of hair that is twisted so as to curl [in a spiral form]; not plaited: (S, O:) or قَصِيبَةٌ signifies a lock of hair that curls naturally so as to be like a hollow cane; (A;) and its plural is قَصَايءِبٌ: (S, A:) [and,] according to Lth, such is termed قَصَبَةٌ (TA) [and apparently قُصَّابَةٌ also]: and تَقْصِيبَةٌ, (Lth, A, TA,) of which the plural is تَقَاصِيبُ, (Lth, A, O, TA,) signifies such as is twisted and made to curl by a woman; (Lth, * A, TA;) [and so, apparently, تَقْصِبَةٌ;] i. e., such as, being [naturally] lank, is curled by means of canes and thread. (A.)