Palus, pali, m. g. priore producta. Tibull. Plin. A stake or post.Pali aluci. Vitruuius. Actus palus, Vide AGO.Pali fistuca adacti. Bud. Pises or postes driuÊ in with a commaunder.Pali vstulati. Vitru. Stakes burned a little at the poynts to harden them.Alligare aliquem ad palum.Cic.To binde to a post.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Pălūda, ae, f. (dressed in the military cloak), an epithet of Minerva, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 510 Vahl.); cf.: paluda a paludamentis, Varr. l. l.