A broad, thin, long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are then wound the [mats of reeds called] بَوَارِىّ, (Lth, O, K,) above the house-tops of the people of ElBasrah. (Lth, O. [See also سَقِيفَةٌ.])
2.
And Any piece of gold, and of silver, or other metal, that is beaten thin and long. (Lth, O, K. * [See, again, سَقِيفَةٌ.])