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Sconce   /skɑns/   Listen
Sconce

noun
1.
A shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather.
2.
A small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate.
3.
A candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce.
4.
A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light.





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"Sconce" Quotes from Famous Books



... managed to keep Rosendo engaged until fatigue at length drove the old man to seek his bed. The town was wrapped in darkness as they passed through its quiet streets, and the ancient Spanish lantern, hanging crazily from its moldering sconce on the corner of Don Felipe's house, threw the only light into the black mantle that lay upon the ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking


Words linked to "Sconce" :   light, earthwork, wall bracket, fort, fortress, bracket, light source, shelter


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