χωστρίς
From LSJ
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, (χώννυμι) χελώνη χ. a shed to protect besiegers in
A filling up the ditch of a town, Plb.9.41.1, D.H.9.68(pl.), Onos.42.3, Ath.Mech.18.8, al.; without χελώνη, Ph.Bel.97.28, Did.ad D.11.22; χωστρίδες distd. fr. χελῶναι, D.S.24.1; opp. χελῶναι κριοφόροι, Id.20.91.
