mandra — Lewis & Short
mandra, ae, f., = ma/ndra,
I a stall or pen for cattle, etc. (poet.).
I Lit.:
mulorum,Mart. 5, 22, 7.—
II Transf.
A A herd of cattle: stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped, i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—
B In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table:
vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos,i. e. penned up in the squares, Mart. 7, 72, 8.