سَفِيفَةٌ

A thing woven [with the fingers, or plaited,] of palm-leaves: (S, O:) a piece of woven [or plaited] work of palm-leaves (K voce عَرَقٌ) &c.: (TA ibid.:) plural سَفَايءِفُ. (TA.) See سُفَّةٌ, first sentence.

A wide belly-girth with which a رَحْل [or camel's saddle] is bound, or fastened. (M.) [See also سَفِيفٌ.]

The appertenance [or suspensory] of a water-skin (قِرْبَة), which the carrier of the قربة puts over his chest [when carrying the قربة on his back]. (K voce عَرَقٌ.)

See also جُمَانٌ.

A [receptacle for dates, such as is called] دَوْخَلَّة, [made of palmleaves,] before it is woven. (M, TA.)

And [the plural] سَفَايءِفُ signifies Wide ribs: or, as some say, all the ribs. (M.)