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BOWTELL , a See also: medieval See also: term in architecture for a round or corniced moulding; the word is a variant of " boltel," which is probably the diminutive of " See also: bolt," the See also: shaft of an arrow or See also: javelin
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A "roving" bowtell is one which passes up the See also: side of a bench end and round a finial, the term " roving " being applied to that which follows the See also: line of a See also: curve
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