It was used to designate an "outdoor" or "summer" mihrab, usually an ornate wooden screen that stood at the border between the sahn (courtyard) of a mosque and its interior prayer hall and which was aligned with the mosque's central mihrab axis. This anaza could thus serve as a mihrab for prayers held outside in the courtyard.[3]:296 The wooden screen was often carved and painted with a stylized mihrab motif and other inscriptions. The anaza could also be a simple mark on the pavement or floor of the courtyard in front of the prayer hall's central entrance; e.g. a semi-circular groove or recess in the middle of the step leading to the entrance.[3][4]