Dictionary entry

Scamillus

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Sca‐mil″lus (?), n.; pl.Scamilli (#). [L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.] (Arch.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.