plinth

How To Use plinth In A Sentence

• A telescope is normally bolted to a vast concrete plinth around which the observatory dome can rotate without touching it, and the instrument isolated from tremors.
• On the front of the plinth is the single word 'Canada'. The Great Remembrance
• The plinths below the columns, the arch spandrels, friezes and entablatures were enriched with carved ornament and sculpture.
• She was lovely, but strangely characterless, like a classical sculpture on a plinth. A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH
• Appointed a marshal in 1918, on the plinth of his statue in London are the words ‘I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.’
• Pl. LXVI -- the lower drawing on the right hand side -- the sarcophagus is shown between the columns, and above the entablature is a plinth on which the horse stands. The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
• True structural stepped arches with cast stone plinth block, spring line bases, and keystone are the focus of the main entry courtyard beyond the cast stone stair and ramp.
• London's city council recently announced a competition among sculptors to top the empty plinth with a statue.
• His work is far removed from the old idea of monumental outdoor sculpture on a plinth, enhancing the panorama with solemn dignity. Times, Sunday Times
• The damage to the limestone monument appears to have been carried out with a heavy instrument such as a hatchet, since there are large indentations on the remaining plinths which managed to withstand the attack.