Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Segestre

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. 

SEGES'TRE or -ES'TRIUM (στέγαστρον). Any covering or wrapper, made of straw matting (Varro, L. L. v. 166.), or fur skins (Festus, s. v.), and employed very generally for packing goods (Plin. H. N. xiii. 23.), as a coverlet for beds, or wrapper for persons exposed to the weather. Suet. Aug. 83.