Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Tonsilla

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. 

TONSILLA. A boat-pick; a wooden pole sharpened at the end and shod with iron, which was stuck into the ground in order to fasten the boat to the shore, or to bring it up in shallow water. Verrius, Pacuvius, and Accius ap. Fest. s. v.