ex-culco, āvi, ātum, 1 [calco], to tread or beat out (very rare; not in Cic.).
I Lit.: ex dominis meis pugnis furfures, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.—*
II Transf., to tread down , to stamp firm or close : singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur, rammed down , Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7 Oud.— Hence, * exculcātus , a, um, P. a. (trodden out, worn out by treading; trop.), worn out : verba nimis obsoleta exculcataque, Gell. 11, 7, 1.