socle

American  

[sok-uhl, soh-kuhl] / ˈsɒk əl, ˈsoʊ kəl /

noun

Architecture.

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

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socle British  

/ ˈsəʊkəl /

noun

1. another name for plinth

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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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socle

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

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.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

The curtailment of the plan which compelled the architect to place a compressed west façade on a high socle, eliminated the door.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

The height of the socle was six feet, and it was thirty-nine feet wide.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

Turn the molds onto a flat dish and surround them with shredded lettuce, or place them on an ornamented socle.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary