خَمْلٌ
1.
[The nap, or pile, or villous substance on the surface, of cloth;] i. q.
هُدْبٌ; (S, Msb;) or the هُدْب
of the [kind of garment called] قَطِيفَة [q. v.] and the like, (K, TA,) of woven cloths whereof portions [of the substance] are redundant; (TA;) or [rather] what resembles
هُدْب
on the surface of a
كِسَاء [or the like]; (Mgh;) the خَمْل
of a [carpet such as is called] طُنْفُسَة [or طِنْفِسَة &c.] and of a garment; as also
خَمِيلَةٌ, of which the plural [or rather coll. gen. n.] is
خَمِيلٌ. (JK.)
2.
Also A
طِنْفِسَة [itself]: (S, K:) or so
خَمِيلَةٌ: and خَمْلٌ signifies as first explained above, and also a
قَطِيفَة [itself]: (Msb:) or
خَمِيلَةٌ has this last meaning; as also
خَمْلَةٌ and
خِمْلَةٌ; (K, * TA; [in the CK, كَالخَمِيلَهِ
والخَمْلَةُ is erroneously put for كالخَمْلَةِ والخِمْلَةِ;]) or signifies a
قطيفة
having
خَمْل [or nap]: (TA:) and its plural [or coll. gen. n.] is as above. (Msb, TA.)