קֶלַע III m. (b. h. pl.; preced.) 1) curtain, sail. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 17 ובלבד שלא יפרוס את הק׳ וכ׳ provided one does not spread the sail and detain the boat (when fishing in the waters of a neighboring tribe).—Pl. קְלָעִים, קְלָעִין. Eduy. VIII, 6; Zeb. 107ᵇ; Meg. 10ᵃ, a. e. כשהיו … ק׳ להיכל וק׳ לעזרות when they were rebuilding the Temple, they made curtains for the Temple and curtains for the courts.—Esp. the curtains of the Tabernacle; trnsf. the partitions of the Temple corresponding to those of the Tabernacle. Zeb. V, 3 לפנים מן הק׳ inside of the enclosures (in the Temple court); a. e. —2) (pl.) tents at fairs, shops. Snh. 106ᵃ עֲשֵׂה להן ק׳ וכ׳ put up shops for them and place therein prostitutes &c.; עָשָׂה להן ק׳ וכ׳ (Ar. קעילין) he put up shops for them &c.; Sifré Num. 131 ק׳ Var. (ed. מקולין; Yalk. ib. 771 קעילין; Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ top קנקלין).