Arch. [a. F. caulicole, ad. It. caulícolo, ad. L. cauliculus, all in same sense; see next.] pl. ‘The eight lesser branches or stalks in the Corinthian capital springing out from the four greater or principal caules or stalks’ (Gwilt).
1816. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, I. 179. These volutes spring out of small twisted husks placed between the leaves of the second row, and which are called caulicoles.
1848. Rickman, Archit., 39. The small space left of the bell is filled by caulicoles.
