Socle (architecture)
WordNet
noun
(1) A plain plinth that supports a wall
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From French socle, from Italian zoccolo ‘wooden shoe’, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus ‘sock’.
Noun
- A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other art work.
- The sum of the minimal submodules of a given R-module of a given ring R.
- The subgroup generated by the minimal normal subgroups of a given group.
Etymology
From , from , diminutive of .
Noun
- plinth, pedestal, socle
- basis, foundation, core idea