Jastrow: מַרְזֵב

מַרְזֵב m. (רזב, transpos. of ברז; cmp. בָּרֵיז) 1) tube, spout; esp. the movable tube attached to the roof gutters (מַזְחִילָה). B. Bath. III, 6 המ׳ אין לו חזקה no claim, based on undisturbed use, can be made for the special position of the pipe discharging the water into the neighbor’s yard; expl. ib. 58ᵇ; Y. ib. III, end, 14ᵇ מקום המ׳ בחצר יש … מקום קילוחו וכ׳ the right of a pipe for the discharge of water into the neighbor’s court can be claimed on the basis of undisturbed use, but not the special place of its discharge; (Tosef. ib. II, 13 צינור). Yeb. 75ᵇ כמ׳ if the mutilated membrum has the shape of a spout (leaving the urinary canal unprotected). Sabb. 146ᵇ גזירה משום מ׳ it is forbidden, lest he shape a regular tapping tube (v. בִּרְזָא I). —2) a sort of cape, having the shape of a gutter, formed by throwing the edges of a garment over the shoulders backward. Ib. 147ᵃ, v. כִּיסָא.