Jastrow: סִיכּוּךְ

סִיכּוּךְ, סִכּ׳ m. (סָכַךְ) 1) interlacing, training a creeper so as to be intertwined with another plant. Tosef. Kil. I, 6 אסורה בס׳ וכ׳ (Var. לסַכֵּךְ) must not be trained over vegetables; Y. ib. II, end, 28ᵇ ס׳ שאמרו בנוגע (not סיבוך) the training spoken of (as forbidden) means real contact. —2) the branches or reeds used for covering the festive booth (סוּכָּה); thatch-roof. Succ. I, 9 הרחיק את הס׳ וכ׳ if he left a space of three handbreadths between the covering and the walls. Ib. 11 לס׳ if the reed-mat was intended for covering the Succah. Ib. 4 ואם היה ס׳ וכ׳ but if the covering (fit for the Succah) is larger in quantity than they (the vines trained over the Succah); a. e. —3) hedging in. Gen. R. s. 41; Num. R. s. 3, beg. חריות לס׳ the dry twigs of the palm-tree are useful for hedges (about garden beds; cmp. Koh. R. to V, 8, quot. s. v. סִיגָא).