belt or sheath for a sword; reliquary; small case (for soldiers to carry a mushaf)
“El cinturón, tahalí y vaina forman parte de un amplio, complejo y especializado conjunto de elementos fabricados en cuero generalmente grueso y rígido y que genéricamente se van a agrupar bajo el nombre de guarniciones.” — The belt, swordbelt and sheath make up a broad, complex and specialized set of elements made of generally thick, rigid leather, and they are generically grouped under the name "gear".
Synonyms: tiracuello, charpa
Borrowed from Arabic تَهْلِيل (tahlīl), whose original meaning of 'cheer' or 'praise' was applied first to the wooden boxes that Muslims used to carry their mushafs in and, then, to the straps used to cinch such boxes to their torsos. Distant doublet of aleluya.