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boltel

[ bohl-tuhl ]

noun

, Architecture.
  1. Also boutell, bowtell. a convex molding, as a torus or ovolo.
  2. Also a curved fractable.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boltel1

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

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