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socle

[ sok-uhl, soh-kuhl ]
/ ˈsɒk əl, ˈsoʊ kəl /
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noun Architecture.
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
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Origin of socle

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

socle
/ (ˈsəʊkəl) /

noun
another name for plinth (def. 1)

Word Origin for socle

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