a term often mentioned in itineraries, denoting inns on the public roads to lodge in, at the distance of eighteen miles from each other; (Laetantius). Also, in the lower ages, it came to denote "an encampment for one night," (Lamprius).

or Mansus, was sometimes also used in the same sense with hide; that is, for as much land as one plough could till in a year. See HIDE.