pessŭlus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form in plur. pessula, Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 412) [πάσσαλος],
a bolt (ante- and post-class.): occlude sis fores ambobus pessulis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 25: pessuli, heus pessuli, vos saluto, id. Curc. 1, 2, 60: pessulum ostio obdo, shoot the bolt , lock the door , Ter. Eun. 603: foribus, id. Heaut. 278: pessulos inicere, to shoot the bolts , Ap. Met. 3, 15, 4; 1, 14, 4; 1, 14, 20; aperire: pessulum ostii mei aperui dilecto meo, Vulg. Cant. 5, 6.