prae-ferrātus, a, um, adj.,
tipped or shod with iron : modius, Cato R. R. 11: pilum, pointed with iron , Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97. —Transf.: praeferratus apud molas tribunus, i. e. chained , fettered , Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 22.