Bōul'tel or Bōul'tin, n.

n. [Probably for bolting, from bolt, to shoot forth.] (Arch.) (a.) 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; a torus; an ovolo. (b.) The shaft of a clustered column or pillar. [Written also bottel, boutel, boxtell.]