sectūra, ae, f. seco, a cutting (very rare). Lit.: scutum a secturā, Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Mull.: callaides secturā formantur, alias fragiles, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 111.

— Transf. A cut: ut sectura inferior ponatur semper, Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124.

— The place where any thing is cut or dug, diggings, mines: aerariae secturaeque, Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 3 (al. structurae).