vĕhĭcŭlum, i, n. [veho], a means of transport, a carriage, conveyance, vehicle.
I Lit.
1 In gen.: ceterae animantes quae vel sedendi vehiculum praebent, vel, etc., Lact. 20, 12, 3: mihi aequum est dari vehicula, qui vehar, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 28: junctum vehiculum, i e. drawn by a span , Liv. 34, 1, 3; 42, 65, 3; Vell. 2, 114, 2; Suet. Calig. 39; Tac. A. 12, 47; id. H. 2, 41; Plin. Pan. 20, 3.—
2 A wagon , cart , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 186.—
3 A ship : furtorum vehiculum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59.—*
II Transf., an agricultural implement for cutting down grain , a reaping-machine , Pall. Jun. 2, 2.