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has gloss | eng: Bowtell is a medieval term in architecture for a round or corniced molding below the abacus in a Tuscan or Roman Doric capital; the word is a variant of boltel, which is probably the diminutive of bolt, the shaft of an arrow or javelin. A roving bowtell is one which passes up the side of a bench end and round a finial, the term roving being applied to that which follows the line of a curve. |
lexicalization | eng: Bowtell |
instance of | (noun) something used to beautify ornamentation, decoration, ornament |
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