Note 367 — THE TAILOR AND THE LADY AND THE CAPTAIN.[364]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The “Miftáh” (prop. “Miftah”) or key used throughout the Moslem East is a bit of wood, 7–14 inches long, and provided with 4–10 small iron pins which correspond with an equal number of holes in the “Dabbah” or wooden bolt. If one of these teeth be withdrawn the lock will not open. Lane (M. E. Introduction) has a sketch of the “Miftah” and “Dabbah.”