חֲלַז, Pa. חַלֵּיז (cmp. חלץ) to gird, to form a sinus; to lift the cloak. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 (3), v. חֲלוּז.—Part. pass. מְחַלַּז. Ib. IV, 11 ומְחַלְּזִין חולזוי his loins girt (his cloak lifted up, ready for labor).