כְּבִישָׁה, (כָּבַשׁ) making a path, side-path. Mikv. VIII, 1 מפני הכ׳ Ar. on account of the passing by (of travellers that leave the highway for some cause). [Ed. מפני הכְּבִיסָה on account of the ponds being used for washing clothes, v. comment.]