Commentary for Shabbat 195:3

מכדי אורכא דעגלה כמה הואי חמש אמין פותיא דקרש כמה הואי אמתא ופלגא כמה מותיב תלתא פשא ליה פלגא דאמתא כי שדי ליה מר ביני וביני כלבוד דמי מי סברת קרשים אפותייהו הוה מנח להו אחודן מנח להו

and yet Rab said in R. Hiyya's name: As for the waggons, beneath them, between them, and at their sides it was public ground?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 99a. The width of the waggons was five cubits, and five cubits' space was allowed between them in the breadth, whilst the boards were ten cubits in length. Hence when placed crosswise on top of the waggons they projected two and a half cubits on both sides; thus the space between them was completely covered over, and yet he states that it was public ground. ');">⁵</span> — Rab referred to the interspaces<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the rows of boards, which were not arranged close to each other. ');">⁶</span>

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