Note 346 — THE CAIRENE YOUTH, THE BARBER, AND THE CAPTAIN.
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
[Ar. “Al-Rashákah,” a word is not found in the common lexicons. In “Dozy and Engelmann’s Glossary of Spanish and Portuguese words derived from the Arabic,” it is said to be a fork with three prongs, here probably a hat-stand in the shape of such a fork.—St.]