dorsualis

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

dorsŭālis, e, adj. [dorsum],

of or on the back , dorsal (post-class): notae equi, Ap. Met. 11, 20, 24; cf.: crustae ferarum, Amm. 22, 15; and, pinnae, Sol. 12.—Subst.: dorsualia , ium, n., a cover for the back of beasts, Trebell. Gallien. 8.