קִינְטְרָה

קוּנְטְרָא, קִינְטְרָהc. (קְטַר II, with anorg. נ) knot, knotted web as of matting, sieves ; laces or ropes drawn transversely. Y.Meg.III, 74b bot. (describing the arrangement of Esth. 9:6–10, beginning with איש on one side, under which the names of the sons of Haman are arranged in a column, and with ואת on the other side, v. אָרִיחַ) (read:) שכן הוא שניץ ונחיץ כהדין קינטרה so that (in reading transversely) it appears laced and closely corded like transverse lacing (of a web); (Beth Jos. to Ṭur Or. Ḥayim 691 קנטירא, read: קינטרא; Treat. Sofrim XIII, 6, variously corrupted).Pl. קוּנְטְרָן. Y.Sabb.VIII, 10c top ההן דעבד ק׳ נפןוכ׳ (Or Zaruʿa Sabb.64 קוּשְׁרָן מנפן) he who makes (on the Sabbath) knotted (corded) webs, sieves, mats