Lewis & Short

1. dē-pālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to mark off or bound with palings (late Lat.).

  1. I. Prop.: jugera agri..ita uti depalatum est, Inscr. Orell. 3688.
  2. II. Transf., to found, establish: quodammodo mundum, Tert. adv. Herm. 29: civitatem, id. Apol. 10; cf. depalator.