רִצְפָה, block pavement. Meg. 22ᵇ (ref. to Lev. XXVI, 1 אבן משכית) לא אסרה תורה אלא ר׳ של וכ׳ the Torah forbids only prostration on a stone pavement (in a synagogue). Shek. VI, 2; Y. ib. 49ᶜ a priest was splitting wood in the wood cell of the Temple וראה את הר׳ וכ׳ and noticed that the pavement there was different from the others. Y. Naz. VII, 56ᵇ bot. הנקבר ערום בארון … או ע"ג רי׳ וכ׳ a body buried naked in a marble coffin, or on a paved floor, or on a marble plate; Bab. Naz. 51ᵃ. Ib. ר׳ של לבנים brick pavement. Yoma I, 7; a. fr.
רִצְפָה, (from its resemblance to a block pavement) cobweb.—Pl. רִצְפוֹת Ukts. I, 2 (Ar. רִצְפִית); Tosef. ib. I, 2 (T’bul Yom III), v. סִיג II.