bolection

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UK/bə(ʊ)ˈlɛkʃən/

noun

A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.

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Meanings

nounbolection (plural bolections)

plural bolections

  1. architectureA moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.

    […] your disk of white light trembling like the moon on water as it plays over the identical bureaus, the recessions of closet and room's front door, door's frame's bolections […]

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 62

Origin

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APA

bolection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolection

MLA

“bolection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolection. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolection,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolection.

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