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Webster 1913 Edition


Boultin

{

Boul′tel

,

Boul′tin

}
,
Noun.
(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.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Boultin

BOULTIN

,
Noun.
[from the root of bolt.]
In architecture, a molding, the convexity of which is just one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the plinth in the Tuscan and Doric capital.