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socle

[ sok-uhl, soh-kuhl ]

noun

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


socle

/ ˈ²õəʊ°ìÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. another name for plinth
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of socle1

1695–1705; < French < Italian zoccolo wooden shoe, base of a pedestal < Latin socculus literally, little soccus; sock 1, -ule
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of socle1

C18: via French from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus a little shoe, from soccus a sock 1
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The curtailment of the plan which compelled the architect to place a compressed west façade on a high socle, eliminated the door.

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Individual salads, when served for suppers, buffet lunches, etc., may be placed around graduated socles in a pyramid.

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Above this rose a platform in the same manner as that below, but smaller; and upon every corner, on the projection of a socle, sat a figure of the size of life, or rather more.

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On a high socle of marble countless spears and partisans stood in a row, and were joined together by their upper ends, which were singularly ornamented.

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Two finely carved pyramids arose gloriously at the two extremes of the socle, which they confronted.

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