Lewis & Short

‡ vēlārĭus, ii, m. [velum].

  1. I. A slave who attended to closing the curtains at the entrance of an apartment, a door-keeper, Inscr. Grut. 599, 7 sq.
  2. II. A sailor who attended to furling and unfurling the sails, Inscr. Orell. 3642.