Jastrow: תָּרִיס

תָּרִיס m. (= תאריס, v. אָרַס a. denom.; cmp. תָּגָא a. תָּאגָא) 1) shield (of twisted osiers &c.). Sabb. VI, 4. Kel. XXIV, 1 שלשה תריסין הן ת׳ כפוף וכ׳ there are three sorts of shields (with regard to levitical cleanness): the bent shield (which may be used as an improvised seat) is unclean as midras (v. מִדְרָס), and that with which they play in the camp &c., v. דִּיצָה. Midr. Till. to Ps. I; Yalk. ib. 833 (ref. to מגן, Ps. LXXXIV, 12) [read:] הת׳ שמקיף וכ׳ (איסקוטא פרסאה, איש׳, being a gloss, v. טַארְגָא) that is the taris, which protects man on three sides, contrad. to צִנָּה. Ab. IV, 11 תשובה … כת׳ בפני הפורענות repentance and good deeds are as a shield against misfortune; [oth. opin: as a shutter, v. infra).—Pl. תָּרִיסִין. Kel. l. c. Ber. 27ᵇ; Bekh. 36ᵃ בעלי ת׳ shield-bearers, i.e. great debaters.—2) (cmp. נַעַל) shutter.— Pl. as ab. Bets. I, 5 אין מסלקין את הת׳ וכ׳ you must not remove (take apart) shutters on the Holy Day; expl. ib. 11ᵇ תְּרֵיסֵי חנויות shutters of shops. Y. ib. I, 60ᶜ, v. לָחַם I; Y. Sabb. XII, 13ᶜ התירצין (read: התְּרִיצִין).