Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Clostrum

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CLOSTRUM. For CLAUSTRUM. In a general sense, any fastening like a lock (Cato, R. R. xiii. 3. Id. CXXXV. 2.); but, more definitively, the box into which a lock shoots. Senec. Ben. vii. 21.