dē-pālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to mark off or bound with palings (late Lat.).
I Prop.: jugera agri..ita uti depalatum est, Inscr. Orell. 3688.—
II Transf., to found, establish : quodammodo mundum, Tert. adv. Herm. 29: civitatem, id. Apol. 10; cf. depalator.