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PLU′TEUS, appears to have signified in general any kind of protection or shelter, and was hence used in the following special significations:— 1. A kind of shed made of hurdles and covered with raw hides, which could be moved forward by small wheels attached to it, and under which the besiegers of a town made their approaches (Festus, s.v.; Veget. IV.15; Liv. XXXIV.17). 2. A parapet or breastwork made of boards and similar materials, placed on the vallum of a camp, on moveable towers or other military engines, on rafts, the decks of ships, &c. (Festus, s.v.; Caes. Bell. Gall. VII.25, 41, 72, Bell. Civ. I.25). 3. The board at the side of a bed. The side at which a person entered the bed was open and called sponda: the other side, which was protected by a board, was called pluteus (Suet. Cal. 26; Martial. III.91). [Lectus, p674B]. 4. Cases of some kind upon the walls of houses on which small statues and busts were placed (Dig. 29 tit. 1 s17; Juv. II.7).
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