stŏrĕa

ae, f.

from the root ster, sterno; Gr. στοπέννυμι, to spread out

I. a mat or covering made of plaited straw, rushes, rope, etc.; a straw-mat, rush-mat, rope-mat, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Liv. 30, 3; Plin. 15, 16, 18, § 59.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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