Jastrow: גּוֹמֶד

גּוֹמֶד m. (b. h. גֹּמֶד , v. גָּמַד) 1) gomed, a length-measure, supposed to be the cubit less the hand’s length; arm. [Arakh. 11ᵃ וגָמְדָּהּ אמה Ar. and the arm of the scraper was one cubit, contrad. to היא itself, i.e. the perpendicular part; ed. וגובה.]—Pl. גְּמָדִים, גּוֹמָדִין. B. Bath. 100ᵃ שני גמ׳ ed. (Ms. M. a. Ar. גו׳). —2) a veil of a square gomed, used by Arabs in cold weather for covering the face.—Pl. גּוֹמָדִין. Kel. XXIX, 1 הג׳ של ערביין.—Denom. גִּמֵּד to measure by the gomed. Tana d’be El. I, ch. XXXI (v. Lattes Saggio p. 84).