E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Rodhaver.
The lady-love of Zal, a Persian hero. Zal wanted to scale her bower, and Rodhaver let down her long tresses to assist him; but the lover managed to climb to his mistress by fixing his crook into a projecting beam. (Champion: Ferdosi.)
