Seph. /ahrdd bah" kahn fawt"/ ; Ashk. /ahrdd"beuh kahn"feuhs/ , Hebrew.
a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
Also, arba kanfot , Ashk. arba kanfos . Also called tallith katan .
[ arba ' kanaphoth lit., four corners ]