plinth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plinth	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plinth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plinth n an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) Synonym(s): pedestal, plinth, footstall
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plinth \Plinth\, n. [L. plinthus, Gr. [?] a brick or tile, a plinth, perh. akin to E. flint: cf. F. plinthe.] (Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of {Column}.