plinth

A block or slab on which a pedestal, column, or statue is placed.

The base block at the intersection of the baseboard and the vertical trim around an opening.

A continuous course of stones supporting a wall.

A square base, as for a vase.

In architecture, the flat square table or slab under the molding of the base of a Roman or Renaissance column, of which it constitutes the foundation, and the bottom of the order; also, an abacus; also, a square molding or table at the base of any architectural part or member, or of a pedestal, etc. See phrases below, and cuts under base, column, and capital.

A gymnastic apparatus, a vaulting-box, consisting of several woodensections placed on top of one another, so as to make possible variations in height.

An apparatus used in therapeutic gymnastics on which the patient sits or lies.

In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of column.

A block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, or statue is based.

The bottom course of stones or bricks supporting a wall.