גָּשִׁישׁ, a frame on which the couch is spread (sponda). Zab. III, 1; 3 ג׳ של מטה; Tosef. ib. IV, 4. Ib. Mikv. VI (VII), 17 הג׳ החיצון the outer frame (of a double bed, sponda exterior, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Lectus). Esth. R. to I, 6.—Pl. גָּשִׁישִׁים, גָּשִׁישִׁין. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 3 הג׳ של קיטליזקי (ed. Zuck. קיטליאקי, read ס for א) the bed-frames of the little bed chambers (κοιτωνίσκοι—which are taken apart or placed against the wall in day time).—*Tosef. Mikv. VI, 8 ג׳ ע"ג השבר Ar. (ed. קשקשים, Sabb. 53ᵃ קשישין) splints