ablăquĕātĭo

ōnis, f.

ablaqueo

I. a digging or loosening of the soil round the roots of a tree, Col. 4, 4, 2; 4, 8, 2; Plin. 12, 15, 33, § 66 al.—
II. Concr., the trench itself made by digging, Col. 5, 10, 17 Schneid.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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