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exōstra, ae, f., = ἐξώστρα. A machine in the theatre, by which the back part of the stage was turned towards the spectators; transf. of any thing public: quibuscum jam in exostra helluatur, Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14.— A hanging bridge, applied by besiegers to the walls of a besieged city, Veg. Mil. 4, 21.

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