خِدْرٌ

A curtain (S, A, Msb, K) that is extended for a girl in a part of a house, or chamber, or tent; as also ↓ أُخْدُورٌ: (K:) and hence, (M,) any chamber, or house, or tent, or the like, that conceals a person: (M, K:) or a chamber, or house, or tent, in which is a woman; not otherwise: (Msb:) plural [of mult.] خُدُورٌ (A, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَخْدَارٌ, and plural plural [i. e. plural of the latter of these two, or plural of أُخْدُورٌ,] أَخَادِيرُ. (K.)

[And hence, A vehicle composed of] pieces of wood set up over the saddle (قَتَب) of the camel, and curtained with a piece of cloth; (K;) i. e. a هَوْدَج. (TA.)

[Hence also,] (tropical:) The lurking-place of a lion. (S, K, TA.)

See also what next follows.