Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Falere

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. 

FALE'RE. An architectural term employed by Varro (R. R. iii. 5. 14. and 16.), of doubtful signification, but conjectured to mean a low wall of masonry constructed as an artificial embankment round the margin of a pool of water.