Jastrow: קֶמֶט

קֶמֶט m. (preced. wds.) fold, crease, wrinkle, crumple. Neg. VII, 1 בק׳ ונגלה when the white spot was covered up by a wrinkle, and then became visible; Tosef. ib. II, 13 והק׳ שנפשט. Nidd. V, 8 משיעלה הק׳ וכ׳ when wrinkles are formed under the breast; expl. ib. 47ᵃ כדי שתחזיר ידיה … הק׳ וכ׳ when she turns her arm backwards, and it has the appearance as if there were wrinkles; a. e.—Pl. קְמָטִים, קְמָטִין. Neg. VI, 8 הק׳ והק׳ שבצואר וכ׳ the folds on the body (armpit &c., v. קוּמָּט), and the folds on the neck &c. Mikv. VIII, 5 בית הק׳ parts of the body which have folds, contrad. to בית הסתרים, v. סֵתֶר; Nidd. 66ᵇ. Ib. בית קְמָטֶיהָ. B. Bath. 120ᵃ, v. עָדַן; a. e.