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Pluteus

and Pluteum.

1.

A pent-house or mantlet used by the Romans in sieges.

2.

The backboard of a bed, or the raised end of a couch.

3.

A dwarf wall or parapet.

4.

A bookshelf, bookcase, or desk.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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