Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Vanga

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. 

VANGA. (Pallad. i. 43. 3.) A spade with a cross-bar above the blade to rest the foot upon, in order that it might be driven deep into the ground; still used in Italy, and retaining the same name, "la vanga." It was also termed BIPALIUM, under which an illustration is given.