rĕ-pāgŭla (noun N) : pag, pango, that which is thrust back again
* Bolts or bars of a door.
* Lit.: occludite aedes pessulis, repagulis,Plaut. Cist. 3, 18: valvae clausae repagulis,Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: convulsis repagulis (templi) effractisque valvis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: sola Venus portae cecidisse repagula sensit,Ov. M. 14, 783: pedibusque repagula pulsant, 2, 155; 5, 120; Sil. 16, 318: laxare,Luc. 1, 295; App. M. 1, p. 108, 23; cf. Fest. p. 280 Müll.
* Trop., bars, restraints, limits: repagula, quibus ego iram omnem recludam, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 66: omnia repagula juris pudoris officiique perfringere,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.