fulmentum, i. n. [contr. from fulcimentum, from fulcio], a prop, support.
I In gen., Vitr. 5, 1 fin. : porticus fulmentis Aquitanicis superba, i. e. columns , Sid. Ep. 2, 10 in Carm. —
II In partic., a bedpost : Cels. 2, 15.—Prov.: fulmenta lectum scandunt, the child wants to know more than its grandmother; or, perh., the servant wants to play the master , Varr. ap. Non. 206, 25.