- אושכפא
- אוּשְׁכָּפָאm. ch. (=h. שַׁכָּף; שכף, √כף, cmp. אוּכָּף) worker in leather, saddler, shoemaker. Git. 68b.Pl. אוּשְׁכָּפֵי. Sabb.112a the travellers sandals דקטרי א׳ which the shoemakers knot (tightly). Ib. 104b הרתא דא׳ the blacking used by shoemakers. Ib. 123b חרבא דא׳ the leather dressers knife. Pes.42b פרורא דא׳ the shoemakers paste. Ib. 113b.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
