Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

استتكّ التِّكَّةَ, (IDrd, Ḳ,) or بِالتِّكَّةِ, (Mṣb,) He inserted the تِكَّة in [the double upper border of] the drawers, or trousers. (IDrd, Mṣb, Ḳ.) You say also, هُوَ يَسْتَتِكُ بِالحَرِيرِ He makes use of a تِكَّة of silk. (A.)

تِكَّةٌ The band [that is inserted in the double upper border] of the drawers, or trousers; (IDrd, Ḳ;) [generally, a strip of cotton, which is often embroidered at each end; sometimes, of net-work; and] sometimes, of silk: (A:) IDrd thinks it to be an adventitious word, though used in ancient times; (TA;) and IAmb says, I think it to be arabicized: (Mṣb:) pl. تِكَكٌ. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

مِتَكُّ The thing by means of which the تِكَّة is inserted in [the double upper border of] the drawers, or trousers. (TA.) [It is generally a slender piece of wood, having at one end a loop through which a portion of the تكّة is passed.]