Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 187:2

מאי בינייהו אמר אביי מטלית פחותה משלש איכא בינייהו מאן דאמר ראוי הא נמי ראוי דאי בעי חשיב עליה מ"ד דבר המקבל טומאה הא מיהא לאו בת קבולי טומאה היא

Therefore it says, 'a garment': as a garment is an article which contracts uncleanness, so everything which contracts uncleanness [is included].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A garment contracts uncleanness whether its owner intends to use it or not; hence the hide, even after it is flayed, is not included, because it does not contract uncleanness, but can only be made to contract uncleanness, by the owner's intention to use it.');">²</span> Wherein do they differ?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What garment is merely eligible to become unclean, though at present it cannot become unclean?');">³</span> - Said Abaye: They differ about a cloth less than three [fingerbreadths square].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the smallest piece which counts technically as a 'garment'. A smaller piece ranks as a garment only if the owner intends to use it.');">⁴</span>

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