noun
praetentūra
Meaning
- a military guard on the boundaries of a province
praetentūra, ae, f. praetendo,
I. a military guard on the boundaries of a province, a frontier-guard (post-class.):
Mesopotamiae tractus praetenturis et stationibus servabantur agrariis, Amm. 14, 3, 2.— II. A barricade, Amm. 14, 2, 4.