Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Rutabulum

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. 

RUTA'BULUM. A fire-shovel, employed by bakers and smiths for throwing up the embers and ignitable matter in their ovens and forges (Festus s. v. Isidor. Orig. xx. 8. 6.); whence it is commonly mentioned in conjunction with the thongs (forceps). Cato R. R. x. 3. xi. 5. Suet. Aug. 75.

2. A wooden shovel, like that now employed for mixing together the hot and cold water in a bath, used for stirring together and amalgamating the new-made wine (mustum) with the "doctor" (defrutum) and other ingredients infused in it for the purpose of producing an artificial body and flavour. Columell. xii. 20. 4. Ib. 23. 2.