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socle

[sok-uhl, soh-kuhl]

noun Architecture.

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

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

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a series of arches supported on piers or columns; an arched or covered passageway

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socle (ˈsəʊk^əl)

—n
	another name for plinth

[C18: via French from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus a little shoe, from soccus a sock¹]

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