Thomas Cooper Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Britannicae

Pala, huius palæ, f. g. Plin.

A spade or shouell. Pala. Cato. A peele to put bread into an ouen: a fire panne or shouel. Palæ. Strabo. Small sherdes of golde tried. Pala annuli. Cicero. The broad parte of the ring where the stone is set.