What is "boultel"

Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.)

1. 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.

2. One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]

alt. 1 (context architecture English) A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. 2 (context architecture English) One of the shafts of a clustered column. n. 1 (context architecture English) A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. 2 (context architecture English) One of the shafts of a clustered column.