securicula

sĕcūrĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [securis].

• A little axe, a hatchet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114 (1158) sq.; Mart. 14, 35 in lemm. (but Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177, sericulam).—
• II Transf., in carpentry, a mortise in the shape of a hatchethead, a dovetail, Vitr. 4, 7, 4; 10, 17 (10, 11, 8).

secūricula, ae, f. (Demin. v. securis, s. Consent. 355, 13. Not. Tir. 38, 55), I) das kleine Beil, die kleine Axt, Plaut. rud. 1158 sq. Mart. 14, 35 lemm.: am Pfluge angebracht, um die Wurzeln zu zerschneiden, Plin. 18, 177 D. (Jan sericulam?). – II) meton. (als t. t. der Baukunst), eine beilförmige Art Verklammerung, der Schwalbenschwanz, griech. πελεκῖνος, Vitr. 4, 7, 4; 10, 11, 8.

securicula [CL], small axe, hatchet. fabro similiter qui securiculam / fecit Walt. Wimb. Carm. 537; 1440 unam ~am, tres marras, unum par forcipum Pat 446 m. 13; hec serucula, a hachyt WW; hec seculicula, a hachet WW; an axe ‥ securila CathA; 1490 pro induracione cujusdam ~e le brikaxe ex utraque fine Building in Eng. 355.

sĕcūrĭcŭla, æ, f. (securis), ¶ 1 hachette : Pl. Rud. 1158 ; Mart. 14, 35 (in lemmate) ¶ 2 queue dʼaronde : Vitr. Arch. 4, 7, 4 ; 10, 11, 8.

securicula , ae. f. (securis.)
小斧子。小木釘。

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