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socle
[ sok-uhl, soh-kuhl ]
noun
, Architecture.
- a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
socle
/ ˈsəʊkəl /
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Word History and Origins
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Word 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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Example Sentences
Two finely carved pyramids arose gloriously at the two extremes of the socle, which they confronted.
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In the socle beneath is Solon addressing the people of Athens.
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The height of the socle was six feet, and it was thirty-nine feet wide.
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This will be a socle, and should be about one and a half to two inches high.
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Trim them and dress them around an ornamented socle or a mound of salad, or lay each piece on a leaf of lettuce.
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