A thing [such as a vessel and a sword and the like] broken in its edge: (S:) a wateringtrough, or tank, broken in its side. (TA.)
2.
-A2- أَثْلَمٌDust, or earth; 'and stones; like أَثْلَبٌ; according to El-Hejeree: but [ISd adds,] whether it be a dialect var. or formed by substitution, I know not. (M.)