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bowtel

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.]

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bowtel

n. (alternative form of boultel English)