بَرْذَعَةٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and بَرْدَعَةٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) A [cloth of the kind called] حِلْس which is put beneath the [saddle called] رَحْل (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) of the camel: (Mgh:) pl. بَرَاذِعُ (Mgh, Mṣb) and بَرَادِعُ (Mṣb.) Ru-beh says, [using the sing. without the ة as a coll. gen. n.,]

*وَتَحْتَ أَحْنَآءِ الرِّحَالِ البَرْذَعُ↓ *

[And beneath the curved pieces of wood of the camels' saddles are the bardha'ahs]. (TA.)

This is the primary signification: but in the conventional language of our time, it is applied to An ass's saddle; the thing upon which one rides on an ass, like the سَرْج to the horse; (Mṣb;) [i. e. a pad, or stuffed saddle; generally stuffed with straw; and used for a mule as well as for an ass;] or an ass's برذعة is a saddle like the رَحْل and قَتَب. (TA voce إِكَافٌ, q. v.)

بَرْذَعَةٌ also signifies Land which is neither hard nor soft: (Ḳ:) pl. as above. (TA.)

بَرَاذِعِىٌّ A maker of بَرَاذِعُ, pl. of بَرْذَعَةٌ: a rel. n. similar to أَنْمَاطِىٌّ. (TA.)