1. Boltel definition, a convex molding, as a torus or ovolo

2. Carved, draped, straight, standing female figure (cora), supporting on its head an astragal (enriched with bead-and-reel), ovolo (enriched with egg-and-dart), and square abacus, used as a substitute for a column, and supporting an entablature.The best-known example of the use of Caryatids in Greek Antiquity was the south porch of the Erechtheion, Athens (c.421