Cesticillus
A porter's knot, or pad for carrying burdens, known to us only through the gloss in Festus (s. v.). The Greek word is τύλη, or σπεῖρα, from its being twisted into a circular shape. See Arculum.
Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.
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