loricula

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

lōrīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [lorica],

a small breastplate; hence, transf., a small breastwork : quorum frontes viminea loricula munirentur, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 3: loricula urbem esse circumdatam, Veg. Mil. 4, 28.