Sconce

[skɒns]

Definition

(noun.) a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light.

(noun.) a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce.

(noun.) a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate.

(noun.) a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather.

Typed by Edwina--From WordNet

Definition

(p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.

(p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

(p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.

(p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.

(p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

(p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.

(p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.

(p. p.) A squinch.

(p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.

(p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.

(v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

(v. t.) To mulct; to fine.

Editor: Mamie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [Colloquial.] [1]. Head, skull.[2]. Brains, sense.

Edited by Bonita

Definition

n. a bulwark: a small fort: a protective headpiece hence the head the skull brains wits: a covered stall: a fine: a seat in an old-fashioned open chimney-place a chimney-seat: a fragment of an icefloe.—v.t. to fortify: to tax to fine lightly at Oxford and Cambridge for some irregularity.

n. the part of a candlestick for the candle: a hanging candlestick with a mirror to reflect the light: a lantern.

Checked by Alfreda