noun
bŏiae
Meaning
- a collar for the neck
bŏiae, ārum, f. bos,
I. a collar for the neck, κλοιός (orig. of leather; hence the name;
but later of wood or iron), Fest. p. 29; Isid. Orig. 5, 27, 12: boia κλοιός, Gloss. Vet.: pedicae boiae, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 5: attrita boiis colla, Prud. Psych. praef. 34.—For boiam terere, v. Boii fin.