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boultel

boultel noun: a moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.

Noun

boultel (plural boultels)

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

Forms of boultel

pluralboultels
alternative formbowtel
alternative formbowtell
alternative formboltel
alternative formboultin
alternative formboutell

Questions about boultel

What does boultel mean?
Boultel means a moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
What part of speech is boultel?
Boultel is a noun.
What is the plural of boultel?
The plural of boultel is boultels.

Words near boultel in the dictionary

  1. boulstering
  2. boulsters
  3. boult
  4. Boultbee
  5. boulted
  6. boultel
  7. boultels
  8. boulter
  9. boulters
  10. Boultham
  11. boulti

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