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From 'bolection' (a molding in architecture) combined with the past participle suffix '-ed'; ultimately from Latin 'bole' meaning a rounded form or swelling.
This architectural term reveals how builders needed specific vocabulary for the decorative moldings that frame door and window openings—it's a word that shows how specialized trades developed their own precise languages.
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