رِبْقَةٌ

Also A thing woven of black wool, of the width of the تِكَّة [or band of the drawers or trowsers], in which is a red stripe of dyed wool: its extremities are tied together, and then it is hung upon the neck [or shoulder] of a boy, so that one of his arms comes forth from it like as when a man puts forth one of his arms from the suspensory of the sword: the Arabs of the desert hang the رِبَق [plural of رِبْقَةٌ] upon the necks of their boys only as a preservative from the [evil] eye. (T, TA.)