خَصْلٌ

1.
A stake, or wager, laid in a shootingmatch. (S, TA.) One says, أَحْزَرَ خَصْلَهُ and أَصَابَ خَصْلَهُ [He won his stake, or wager;] he overcame (S, K, TA) in the case of laying stakes or wagers [in a shooting-match]. (TA.)
2.
And A thing for which persons contend together in a game of hazard. (Har p. 640.)
3.
See also خَصْلَةٌ, in two places.

Perseus ID: n10800