سَابِلٌ

Travelling upon a road: plural سَوَابِلُ and [coll. gen. n.] سَابِلَةٌ; (TA:) this last signifies travellers, (S, M, *) or a company of people, (Mgh, K,) following, or succeeding, one another, or going repeatedly to and fro, (S, M, Mgh, K,) upon the roads, (S, Mgh,) or upon the road, (M, K,) for the accomplishment of their wants: it is made feminine as denoting a جَمَاعَة. (Mgh.)

Also, سَابِلَةٌ, (TA in article شغر,) or سَبِيلٌ سَابِلَةٌ, (M, K, * TA,) A travelled road; (M, K, TA;) a beaten road. (TA in article شغر.)

غَيْثٌ سَابِلٌ (assumed tropical:) Rain falling continuously, or in successive showers, and in large drops, and copiously. (TA.)