saddle cloth, pack-saddle

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(S, Mgh, Msb, K) and بَرْدَعَةٌ (Msb, K) A [cloth of the kind called] حِلْس which is put beneath the [saddle called] رَحْل (S, Mgh, Msb, K) of the camel: (Mgh:) pl. بَرَاذِعُ (Mgh, Msb) and بَرَادِعُ (Msb.) Ru-beh says, [using the sing. without the ة as a coll. gen. n.,] " ↓ وَ تَحْتَ أَحْنَآءِ الرِّحَالِ البَرْذَعُ " [And beneath the curved pieces of wood of the camels' saddles are the bardha'ahs]. (TA.) ― -b2- This is the primary signification: but in the conventional language of our time, it is applied to An ass's saddle; the thing upon which one rides on an ass, like the سَرْج to the horse; (Msb;) [i. e. a pad, or stuffed saddle; generally stuffed with straw; and used for a mule as well as for an ass;] or an ass's برذعة is a saddle like the رَحْل and قَتَب. (TA voce إِكَافٌ, q. v.) -A2- بَرْذَعَةٌ also signifies Land which is neither hard nor soft: (K:) pl. as above. (TA.)

A maker of بَرَاذِعُ, pl. of بَرْذَعَةٌ: a rel. n. similar to أَنْمَاطِىٌّ. (TA.)