socle

[sok-uhl, soh-kuhl]

noun

Architecture.

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

socle

/ ˈsəʊkəl /

noun

1. another name for plinth

Word 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of socle¹

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

Example Sentences

Without Socialist involvement in the next government, Lecornu's best hope is to cobble together a revitalised centrist cabinet with the Republicans - known as the socle commun - or common platform.

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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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