Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Coactilis

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

COAC'TILIS, sc. lana (πιλητός or πιλωτός). Felt or felted cloth; that is, wool matted together by repeated manipulation and pressure until it forms a consistent texture, like a piece of cloth. Plin. H. N. viii. 73. Edict. Dioclet. p. 21. Ulp. Dig. 34. 2. 26.