لِحَافٌ ذ : see what follows.

مِلْحَفَةٌ ذ A مُلَآءَة that is سُمُط [ not lined, nor stuffed ]: if lined or stuffed, the vulgar also call it by this name, but the Arabs do not know this: (L, TA:) and the same applies to the : Az says, that لِحَافٌ and مِلْحَفٌ mean the same: like إِزَارٌ and مِئْزَرٌ , and قِرَامٌ and مِقْرَمٌ ; and sometimes one says مِقْرَمَةٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ ; and it is the same whether the garment be سُمُط or lined. (TA.) He says also, [in another place,] that the Arabs apply the terms and مِلْحَفَةٌ to A night-wrapper ( إِزَارُ لَيْلِ ) if it be طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ [ a single piece of stuff; i. e. not double, not lined nor faced, nor stuffed ]. (TA in art. سمط .) -b2- See إِزَازٌ .