boltel

[ bohl-tuhl ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. Also boutel, boutell, bowtel, bowtell . a convex molding, as a torus or ovolo.

  2. Also bottle. a curved fractable.

Origin of boltel

1
1425–75; late Middle English boltell, equivalent to boltbolt1 + -ell noun suffix

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