furcŭla, ae, f. dim. [furca, II.].
I A forked prop to support a wall when undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, Liv. 38, 7, 9.—
II Furculae Caudinae , two lofty (fork-shaped) defiles near Caudium , where the Roman army , in the year A.U.C. 434, was hemmed in by the Samnites , now Casale di Forchia , Liv. 9, 2; 11; Flor. 1, 16; v. Caudium.