Seph. /meuh khee tsah"/ ; Ashk. /meuh khee"tseuh/ , n. , pl. mehitzoth, hitzot, mehitzos Seph. /-khee tsawt"/ ; Ashk. /-khee"tseuhz, -khee"tsohs/ . Hebrew.
a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
Also, mechitzah .