A foundation. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

The solid base or foundation on which an edifice or other structure is raised. In early use plural in the same sense (cf. foundations). Obsolete.

Part of a structure. Architecture. The part of a column, consisting of the plinth and various mouldings, between the bottom of the shaft and top of…

A base or foundation on which something stands or rests. Also: a stage, platform, scaffold, etc., where people may stand. Obsolete.

The solid ground or base (natural or built up) on which an edifice or other structure is erected; also, the lowest part of a building, usually…

Foundation, base.

A thing on which something is built or rests; a foundation. Obsolete.

That on which something stands or is set; a base. Obsolete. rare.

The solid base on which an edifice or other structure is built; foundation. Now rare.

gen. The bottom of anything, considered as the part on which it rests or is supported; the foundation, base, foot. archaic.

Originally, in classical architecture: the part of a column below the base of the shaft, comprising the plinth or plinths and the dado (if…

Support, basis.

A mound or other structure at the base of something, and serving as a foundation or groundwork. Obsolete. rare.

Apparently: a support, a foundation. Obsolete. rare.

A structure placed under or supporting something; a substructure.

apparently a variant of (or error for) staddle, n.

The basis or foundation of something abstract, immaterial, or intellectual; the underlying structure of a system of ideas, culture, etc.

That which serves as a base or support for something; the lowest or bottom part of something.

A base, a foundation; a pavement; (now esp., perhaps by confusion) a pedestal.

That part of a thing upon which it rests or appears to rest, usually the broadest part; the base.

= seat, n. 22.

(under-, prefix1 affix 2b(b).)

A thing on which any structure is planted; a base, a foundation, a platform. Obsolete. rare.

A natural formation of this character. The ground on which anything stands. rare.

gen. The supporting structure or base of something, esp. a natural feature.

A place hollowed out or otherwise prepared for receiving the foot of a timber or the like.

That part of a structure, etc. which rests on some other part. Shipbuilding (see quot. 1805: and cf. seat, n. 22).