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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  socle 
  n  :  a  plain  plinth  that  supports  a  wall 




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