Boultel

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boultel \Boul"tel\, Boultin \Boul"tin\, n. (Arch.)
     (a) 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.
     (b) One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also
         {bowtel}, {boltel}, {boultell}, etc.]


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