fulmenta

ae, f.

contr. from fulcimenta, from fulcio

I. a prop, support of a building, Cato, R. R. 14, 1.—
II. In partic., the heel of a shoe, Lucil. ap. Non. 206, 26; Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 94.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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