boiae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bŏiae, ārum, f. [bos],

a collar for the neck , κλοιός (orig. of leather; hence the name; but later of wood or iron), Fest. p. 29; Isid. Orig. 5, 27, 12: boia κλοιός, Gloss. Vet.: pedicae boiae, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: attrita boiis colla, Prud. Psych. praef. 34.—For boiam terere, v. Boii fin.