urvum

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

urvum (urbum), i, n.,

the curved part of a plough , the plough-tail , with which the bounds of cities were marked out, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10 Schneid. N. cr.; cf. id. L. L. 5, §§ 127 and 135 Müll.; Dig. 50, 16, 239, § 6.