strictura

strictūra ae, f

STRAG-, a compression ; hence, a mass of metal under the forge : striduntque cavernis Stricturae Chalybum, V.

strictura
strictūra, ae, f. [stringo]. I In abstr., a contraction , compression , stricture (late Lat.): ...

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