orlo

[ awr-loh ]

/ ˈɔr loʊ /

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noun, plural or·los.Architecture.

a plinth supporting the base of a column.

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Origin of orlo

1605–15; <Italian: border, derivative of orlare to hem <Vulgar Latin; see orle

De acido e cibis orlo, et de magnesia, reprinted at Edinburgh, 1854.
A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
Then, Orlo, would you not wish to please so merciful and kind a Master, who has done so much for you?
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston
Orlo, from his quickness of vision, was now constantly employed as one of the look-outs.
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston
Bitter, too, was the anguish which poor Orlo suffered when he felt that he should for ever be separated from his beloved Era.
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston

Orlo begged that he and Era and their child might also be there set on shore.
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston