tegulum

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

tĕgŭlum, i, n. [tego],

a covering , roof , thatch (very rare): tegulo aquaticarum harundinum domos suas operiunt, Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156: scirpi fragiles ad tegulum tegetesque, id. 16, 37, 70, § 178.