socle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of socle
1695–1705; < French < Italian zoccolo wooden shoe, base of a pedestal < Latin socculus literally, little soccus; see sock 1, -ule
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
Trim them and dress them around an ornamented socle or a mound of salad, or lay each piece on a leaf of lettuce.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
They approached a low cottage with a dark socle; a door with clouded broken panes stuffed with bundles of paper, through which shone a pallid light, gave entrance to the dwelling.
From The Quest by Isaac Goldberg
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.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Giorgio Vasari
At each extremity of this portal, rise two insulated towers, receding from all the projection of the inferior order, and decorated by Corinthian columns with pilasters, on an attic serving as a socle.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
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