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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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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