Boul"tel (?), Boul"tin (?), n. Arch.
(a)
A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
(b)
One of the shafts of a clustered column.
[Written also
bowtel,
boltel,
boultell, etc.]
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