zoclehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zocle_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezocle, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zoclenoun

  1. 1704–
    1. 1704
      Zocle, is a Square Member in Architecture, being lower than its Breadth, which serves to support a Pillar... Continued Zocle, is a kind of continued Pedestal, on which a Structure is raised, but hath no Base, or Cornish.
      J. Harris, Lexicon Technicum vol. I
    2. 1723
      Vignola terminates these Pillars with a plain Zocle.
      E. Chambers, translation of S. Le Clerc, Treatise of Architecture vol. I. 54
    3. 1870
      Two little naked winged boys standing on a highly elaborate zocle.
      D. Rock, Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Museum) 334

zocle, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zocle, n. was last modified in December 2024.