socle
noun
so·cle ˈsō-kəl 
ˈsä-
ˈsä- : a projecting usually molded member at the foot of a wall or pier or beneath the base of a column, pedestal, or superstructure
Word History
Etymology
French, from Italian zoccolo sock, socle, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus sock
First Known Use
circa 1704, in the meaning defined above
socles
noun
as in friezes
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- friezes
- entablatures
- architraves
- pilasters
- cornices
- capitals
- columns
- pillars
- arches
- shafts
- mountings
- buttresses
- mounts
- brackets
- shorings
- reinforcements
- supports
- girders
- props
- spurs
- cantilevers
- shores
- plinths
- underpinnings
- bolsters
- braces
- frames
- bearings
- rostra
- rostrums
- stays
- platforms
- feet
- struts
- pegs
- stilts
- tribunes
- foot
- trusses
- pedestals
- stanchions
- stands
- podia
- crutches
- foundations
- podiums
- stakes
- stages
- bases
- posts
- daises
- structuralizations
- structuralize
- structuralized
- structuralizes
- structuralizing
- structurally
- structuration
- structurations
- structure
- structured
- structureless
- structurelessness
- structurelessnesses
- structurer
- structures
- structuring
- strudel
- strudels
- Struensee
- struggle
- struggle for existence
- struggle on
- struggled
- struggled on
- struggler