Cīra (neuter) [Sanskrit cīra, cf. cīvara] 1. bark, fibre D I 167 (kāsa°, vāka°, phalaka°); Vin III 34; A I 295; Pp 55. — a bark dress Vin I 305; Ja VI 500 (cf. cīraka). 2. a strip (originally of bark), in suvaṇṇa°-khacita gold-brocaded Vv-a 280 (see also next). Cf. ocīraka (under odīraka).
(nt, nt) bark fibre; bark cloth fibre, strip, bark dress