[vo.lute] n [L voluta, fr. fem. of volutus, pp. of volvere to roll--more at voluble] (ca. 1696) 1: a spiral or scroll-shaped form
2: a spiral scroll-shaped ornament forming the chief feature of the Ionic capital 3 a: any of various marine gastropod mollusks (family Volutidae) with a thick short-spired shell b: the shell of a volute -- volute or vo.lut.ed adj