socle

[ sok-uhl, soh-kuhl ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.

Origin of socle

1
1695–1705; <French <Italian zoccolo wooden shoe, base of a pedestal <Latin socculus literally, little soccus;see sock1, -ule

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socle

/ (ˈsəʊkəl) /


noun
  1. another name for plinth (def. 1)

Origin of socle

1
C18: via French from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus a little shoe, from soccus a sock 1

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