. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ofboards, hurdles, &c, joined togetherin order to form a cover or give sup-port ; whence the following specificmeanings are deduced : — 1. (boopdiaov). A breastwork ofboarding which served to screen theassailants of fortified places from themissiles and attacks of the enemy,whilst making their approaches, pre
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. ofboards, hurdles, &c, joined togetherin order to form a cover or give sup-port ; whence the following specificmeanings are deduced : — 1. (boopdiaov). A breastwork ofboarding which served to screen theassailants of fortified places from themissiles and attacks of the enemy,whilst making their approaches, pre-paratory to an assault. For this purpose they were advanced in frontof the storming parties, placed uponthe military engines and moveabletowers, or planted round the spotwhere earthworks were being thrownup. Cffis. B. G. vii. 41. Id. B. 25. ii. 15. Liv. x. 38. 12. 2. A moveable tower with a roofoverhead, made of boards or hurdlescovered with raw hides, or hair cloth,and fixed upon wheels, under theshelter of which a besieging partycould advance close up to the wallsof a beleaguered fortress, and clear itfrom its defenders before commencingthe escalade. Veget. Mil. iv. 15. Vi-truv. x. 15. 3. The back board of a bed, oppo-site to the sponda, or side at which. the parties got in, which is plainlyexhibited in the annexed examplefrom a Roman bas-relief. Mart. 10. 4. The raised end of a tricliniarycouch, in the form of a French sofa,which was placed towards the table,for the upper part of the occupant to
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