PILUM


Meaning of PILUM in English

/puy"leuhm/ , n. , pl. pila /-leuh/ .

a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.

[ pilum dart, javelin ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .