Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), U, U, Umbo

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A knob or boss projecting from the centre of a shield. (See Clipeus.)

A bunch or fold in a garment, especially that produced by drawing up a part of the toga and fastening it at the breast (Tertull. Pall. 5).

A curbstone; the raised margin of a sidewalk.

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

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)