I.a cutting (very rare).
I. Lit.: “scutum a secturā,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.: “callaides secturā formantur, alias fragiles,” Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 111.—
II. Transf.
B. The place where any thing is cut or dug, diggings, mines: “aerariae secturaeque,” Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 3 (al. structurae).