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Plinth

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. 7rXiveos, a square tile), the term in architecture given to the lower mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting; also to any rectangular block on which a statue or vase is placed, and in the Classic Orders to the square block of moderate height, under the base mouldings of the column or pedestal.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Plinth'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/plinth.html. 1910.
 
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