saeta

saeta (sēta) ae, f

—Of beasts, a stiff hair, bristle: equina: rigidis horrentia saetis Terga (agri), O.: tondent hirci saetas comantīs, V.: leonis, V., Pr.—Of men, stiff hair, bristly hair: villosa saetis Pectora, V.: hirtae saetae, O.—Of a fishing-line, the leader, O.