ˈbu̇l(ˌ)tō, ˈbül- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish, image, bulk, form, body, statue, from Latin vultus, voltus countenance, expression, shape: perhaps akin to Gothic wulthus glory, Welsh gweled to see
1. : an image of a saint carved in wood and polychromed made in the southwestern United States and Latin America in the 18th and 19th centuries
2. : a bundle especially of fibers for rope making