ablăquĕātĭo, ōnis, f. [ablaqueo],
I a digging or loosening of the soil round the roots of a tree , Col. 4, 4, 2; 4, 8, 2; Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66 al.—
II Concr., the trench itself made by digging , Col. 5, 10, 17 Schneid.