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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
socle /ˈsəʊk(ə)l, ˈsɒk-/

▶noun Architecture a plain low block or plinth supporting a column, statue, etc. or as the foundation of a wall.

– origin C18: from Fr., from Ital. zoccolo, lit. ‘wooden shoe’, from L. socculus, from soccus (see sock).

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