zoclen.
/ˈzəʊk(ə)l/ = zocco n.
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Zocle, is a Square Member in Architecture, being lower than its Breadth, which serves to support a Pillar... Continued Zocle, is a kind of continued Pedestal, on which a Structure is raised, but hath no Base, or Cornish.
1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 54 Vignola terminates these Pillars with a plain Zocle.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 334 Two little naked winged boys standing on a highly elaborate zocle.
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