Definition of Volute

Noun: volute vu'l(y)oot

Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a centre with an increasing distance from the centre
- spiral
A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a volute of rope";
- coil, spiral, whorl, helix

Adjective: volute vu'l(y)oot

In the shape of a coil
- coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling [US], voluted, whorled, turbinate, spiralling [Brit, Cdn]