خِفَاءٌ
1.
A [garment of the kind called] رِدَاء, which a woman wears over her other clothes: (Lth, JK:) or a [garment of the kind called] كِسَاء: (S, K:) and any covering of a thing, (Lth, JK, *) whatever it be with which one covers a thing, such as a
كساء
and the like: (Lth:) plural أَخْفِيَةٌ. (Lth, JK, S, K.)
2.
[Hence,] أَخْفِيَةُ النَّوْرِ
The calyxes of flowers: (K:) singular as above. (TA.)
3.
And أَخْفِيَةُ الكَرَا [The coverings of drowsiness; meaning] the eyes. (K.)