consectio

cōnsectiō ōnis, f

conseco, a cutting up, cleaving to pieces : arborum: eius (materiae), i. e. the art of fashioning .

consectio
consectĭo, ōnis, f. [conseco], a cutting or cleaving to pieces (very rare): arborum, Cic. N. D. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.