Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Pastinum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PAS'TINUM. A particular kind of dibble employed for planting young vines, consisting of a long stick with two prongs at the end, between which the young shoot was held, as in a forceps, and by this means depressed into the ground to the depth required. (Columell. iii. 18. 1. and 6. Isidor. Orig. xix. 15.) An instrument of the same kind, called trivella by the Romans, and cruccia by the Tuscans, is still employed for a similar purpose in Italy.

2. Ground prepared by digging and trenching for the planting of young vines with the above implement (Pallad. Feb. 9. 11.); and the act of doing so (Id. Jan. 10. 1.).