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is the rendering in the A.V. properly of ùׁåּì , shul (so called as being pendulous), the flowing train of a female dress (“skirts,” Jer_13:22; Jer_13:26; Lam_1:9; Nah_3:5; “train,” Isa_6:1; elsewhere “hem”); more vaguely of ëָּðָ , kanaph (literally a wing), the flap of a robe (Deu_22:30; Deu_27:20; Rth_3:9; 1Sa_15:27; 1Sa_24:4-5; 1Sa_24:11; Eze_5:3; Hag_2:12; Zec_8:23); improperly of ôֶּä , peh (literally the mouth, as usually rendered), the upper opening of a garment around the neck (Psa_133:2; “hole,” Exo_28:32; Exo_39:23; “collar,” Job_30:18). To raise the skirts of a female's garment is put for a symbol of the greatest insult and disgrace (Jer_13:22; Jer_13:26; Nah_3:5; comp. Isa_57:2); whereas to cover her with one's skirt was a token of matrimony (Rth_3:9), or to remove it was preliminary to sexual intercourse (Deu_23:1); the wide Oriental outer garment serving as a coverlet by night. SEE DRESS.