ceruchi

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

cĕrūchi, ōrum, m., = κεροῦχοι κεραιοῦχοι, holding the sail-yards),

ropes fastened to the sail-yards , Luc. 8, 17; 10, 495; Val. Fl. 1, 469.