Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Columbar

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

COLUM'BAR. A contrivance, something like the pillory, for confining the hands and head (Plaut. Rud. iii. 5. 60.); so termed from the resemblance which the apertures through which these parts projected, bore to the holes for nests in a dove-cote (columbarium). It was employed for the punishment of slaves, and, in all probability, resembled the "wooden collar" of the Chinese, which is represented in the annexed engraving (Columbar/1.1), from a drawing by Staunton.

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  Columbar/1.1