Aplustre

·noun An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

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aplustre
ā̆plustre, is, n. (abl. aplustri, Prisc. p. 769 P.; nom. plur. aplustra, Lucr. 2, 555, and Cic. ap. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
aplustre
aplustre is, n , ἄφλαστον, an ornament of wood on the stern of a ship: victae triremis, Iu. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
aplustre
A word applied in ancient vessels both to the ornament on the prow and to the streamer or ensign on ...

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