קַרְקֵפֶל, (preced., with format. ל; cmp. כַּרְמֶל &c.) scalp (used as a charm in battle). Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ (describing a sort of secular game) אחת לשבעים … קַרְקִיפְלוֹ של וכ׳ once in seventy years they make a well man ride on a lame man and dress him in the garments of Adam and place on his head the scalp of R. Ishmael &c. Ḥull. 123ᵃ קרְקֵפְלוֹ של ו׳ וכ׳ R. Ishmael’s scalp was put on the head of kings (as a charm.). Pl. קַרְקַפְלִין. Ib. אין לך לגיון … וכ׳ there is not a Roman legion that does not carry with it several scalps; Tosef. ib. VIII, 16.