socle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: socle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for socle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
socle n a plain plinth that supports a wall
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Socle \So"cle\, n. [F., fr. L. socculus, dim. of soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot. Cf. {Zocco}.] (Arch.) (a) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See {Plinth}. (b) A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall. --Oxf. Gloss.