קוּלְפָא m. (קְלַף) 1) a peeled pole, lance. Sabb. 63ᵃ (expl. אַלָּה) ק׳ (Ar. a. Ms. O. קופל). —2) [peeled or scraped leather,] strap. Ber. 58ᵃ יהבו ליה ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) they gave him the strap, i.e. gave him the privilege of inflicting punishment; Yalk. Ez. 362 קיל׳. Ber. l. c. מחייא ליה בקוּלְפֵיה דפרזלא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בקולפא only) he struck him with his iron-pointed whip and killed him; Yalk. l. c. בקיל׳. Keth. 65ᵃ מחתה לה בק׳ דשידא she struck her with the strap of a chest (Ar. בק׳ דשיראי with a silken strap).—Pl. קוּלְפֵי. Ber. 56ᵃ תרין ק׳ בלעת thou shalt receive two lashes. Men. 7ᵃ; Arakh. 22ᵃ, v. בְּלַע. Snh. 110ᵃ; Pes. 119ᵃ, v. קוּפְלָא I. —3) parchment, v. קִלְפָא.