لِزَيْدٍ مِتْرَانِ
Zayd has two metres.
The measure is known, but the thing measured is not. Two metres of what?
لِزَيْدٍ مِتْرَانِ حَرِيْرًا — Zayd has two metres of silk.
لِزَيْدٍ مِتْرَانِ خَيْطًا — Zayd has two metres of thread.
حَرِيْرًا or خَيْطًا removes the ambiguity in مِتْرَانِ and is tamyiz.