Definition of volute
1
: a spiral or scroll-shaped form
2
: a spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital
3a
: any of various marine gastropod mollusks (family Volutidae) with a thick short-spired shell
b
: the shell of a volute
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The first known use of volute was circa 1696
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