سَمَلٌ
1.
See سَمَلَةٌ.
2.
Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Old, and worn out; (S, M, K;) as also
سَمَلَةٌ and
سَمِيلٌ and
سَمُولٌ (M, K) and
سَمِلٌ and
مُسْمَيءِلٌّ: (K:) the plural of سَمَلٌ is أًسْمَالٌ: (A'Obeyd, TA:) and one says also ثَوْبٌ أَسْمَالٌ, (S, M, K,) like رُمْحُ أَقْصَادٌ and بُرْمَةٌ أَعْشَارٌ. (S.) The phrase سَمَلُ قَطِيفَةٍ occurs in a tradition [as meaning An old and worn-out garment of the kind called
قطيفة]: and in another tradition, أَسْمَالُ مُلّيَّتَيْنِ [meaning two old and wornout small garments of the kind called
مُلَاءَة]; مُلَيَّةٌ being a diminutive of مُلَاءَةٌ. (TA.) And
سَوْمَلٌ signifies [in like manner] An old and worn-out [garment of the kind called] كِسَاء, on the authority of Ez-Zejjájee. (M.)
3.
Also, (i. e. سَمَلٌ,) applied to a ewe, Having ragged wool: