Jastrow: מִשְׁטֵחַ

מִשְׁטֵחַ, מִשְׁטֵיחַ m. (b. h. spreading, grapes spread on the ground; spreading place. Toh. X, 4 הנותן … ומן המ׳ של אדמה he who puts in the press grapes collected in baskets or such as were spread on the (naked) ground; ib. מן המ׳ של עלים grapes spread on leaves. Tosef. ib. XI, 8. Y’lamd. to Num. VII, 1 ממלא מִשְׁטֵחוֹ he fills his spreading place.—Pl. מִשְׁטֵחִים, מִשְׁטֵחִין, מִשְׁטֵי׳ layers. Sifré Num. 98 שהיתה עשויה מ׳ מ׳ the quails formed layers; Yoma 75ᵇ