cala

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

cāla, ae, f. [κᾶλον],

a piece or billet of wood : scinde, puero calam ut caleas, i. e. scinde fustes et fac focum, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1 (Fragm. Inc. 139).