socle

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The tomb comprises three pieces: one for the socle, one for the slab, and another for the cross Chateaubriand will rest beneath it, with his head turned towards the sea; in this grave, built on a rock, his immortality will be like his life--deserted and surrounded by tempests.

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  1. noun A plain square block higher than a plinth, serving as a pedestal for sculpture, a vase, or a column.
  2. noun A plain plinth supporting a wall.

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  1. French, from Italian zoccolo, wooden shoe, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus, a kind of light shoe; see sock1.

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  1. Also zocle; = G. Swedish sockel = Danish sokkel, from French socle, a plinth, pedestal, from Italian zoccolo, formerly soccolo, a plinth, a wooden shoe, formerly also a stilt, from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus, a light shoe, sock: see sock. Cf. socket.
 

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