سُتْرَةٌ
1.
See سِتْرٌ.
2.
Its predominant application is to A thing which a person praying sets up before him; [sticking it in the ground, or laying it down if the ground be hard, in order that no living being or image may be the object next before him;] such as a whip, and a staff having a pointed iron at its lower extremity. (Mgh.) [See عَنَزَةٌ: and see my “ Modern Egyptians, ” 5th ed., p. 72.]
3.
Also A parapet, or surrounding wall, of a flat house-top. (Mgh.)
4.
And i. q.
ظُلَّةٌ [q. v.]. (Mgh.)