Obs. [It. zocco, zoccolo: see SOCLE.] = SOCLE 1.
1664. Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Archit., II. 92. The Piedestal with its entire Bassament, Cymatium, and that Zocolo or Plinth above wrought with a festoon (which in my judgment makes a part of it, as rendering it a perfect Cube). Ibid., 124. Certain Zoccos or Blocks elevating the rest of the members of an Order.
1715. Leoni, Palladio’s Archit. (1742), II. 31. The Bases have no Zocco.
1723. Chambers, trans. Le Clerc’s Archit., I. 27. KL. Piedroit with its Fillet at bottom. M. Its Zocco.
