vaframentum

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

vā̆frāmentum, i, n. [vafer],

a crafly device , a trick , quirk , artifice (post-class.), Val. Max. 7, 3, ext. 7; so id. 7, 3, ext. 2; 7, 3, ext. 4.