חַיִיץ, a. ch.) a pile of loose and uneven material, a rough extemporised embankment, opp. to earth-covered and finished. Shebi. III, 8 עושה הוא ח׳ (Y. ed. עוֹשֵׂהוּ) he may make (it) a loose embankment; Y. ib. 34ᵈ מהו ח׳ חָיֵּיץ ליה what is ḥayits? He partitions it up (ref. to Ez. XIII, 10, v. Targ. a. Rashi a. l.).