Lewis & Short

fūnĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [funis], a slender rope, a cord, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 66; Gell. 5, 3, 3; Quint. 1, 6, 6; Vulg. Exod. 35, 18.