Furcilla, Diminut. Furcula. Varro. An hay forke: a gallowes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
furcilla, ae, f.dim. [furca], a little fork: herba subsecari falcibus debet et, quoad perarescat, furcillis versari, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; 1, 8, 6; Col. 2, 10, 13: quoniam furcillā extrudimur, Brundisium cogito, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; cf.: musae furcillis praecipitem eiciunt, Cat. 105, 2.—Also, furcilles, sive furcilla, quibus homines suspendebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88 Müll.