sconce

sconce
Synonyms and related words:
abatis, advanced work, amercement, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bean, belfry, bracket, brain, breastwork, brow, bulwark, candelabrum, candlestand, candlestick, casemate, chandelier, cheval-de-frise, chump, circumvallation, conk, contravallation, counterscarp, crown, curtain, damages, demibastion, dike, distraint, distress, dome, drawbridge, earthwork, encephalon, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, escheat, escheatment, fence, fieldwork, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, fortalice, fortification, gas fixture, girandole, glacis, gray matter, head, headpiece, lamp holder, lampstand, light fixture, light socket, loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, merlon, mound, mulct, noddle, noggin, noodle, organ of thought, outwork, palisade, parados, parapet, pate, poll, portcullis, postern gate, rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, ridge, sally port, scarp, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, stockade, tenaille, torch holder, torch staff, vallation, vallum, wall bracket, work

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  • Sconce — Sconce, n. [D. schans, OD. schantse, perhaps from OF. esconse a hiding place, akin to esconser to hide, L. absconsus, p. p. of abscondere. See {Abscond}, and cf. {Ensconce}, {Sconce} a candlestick.] 1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sconce — sconce, scons(e), skons ou skun(k)s n. m. Fourrure de la moufette. ⇒SCONCE, SCONS(E), SKUNKS, SKUNGS, (SCONS, SCONSE)subst. masc. Fourrure fournie par les carnass …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sconce — Sconce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sconced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sconcing}.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in t. Marston. [1913 Webster] 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sconce — may refer to any of the following: * Sconce (fortification), a military fortification * Sconce (light fixture) * Sconcing, imposing a penalty in the form of drink * SCoNCe, Secure Computing and Networking Center, University of California, Irvine …   Wikipedia

  • sconce — index fine, penalty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sconce — [skɔns US ska:ns] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esconse screen for a light , from escondre to hide , from Latin abscondere; ABSCOND] an object that is attached to a wall and holds ↑candles or electric lights …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sconce — [ skans ] noun count an object attached to a wall for holding a light or candle …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sconce — late 14c., candlestick with a screen, aphetic of O.Fr. esconse lantern, hiding place, from M.L. sconsa, from L. absconsa, fem. pp. of abscondere to hide. Meaning metal bracket candlestick fastened to a wall is recorded from mid 15c …   Etymology dictionary

  • sconce — ► NOUN ▪ a candle holder attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket. ORIGIN Old French esconse lantern , from Latin absconsa laterna dark lantern …   English terms dictionary

  • sconce — sconce1 [skäns] n. [ME sconse, aphetic < OFr esconse, dark lantern < pp. of escondre, to hide < L abscondere: see ABSCOND] a bracket attached to a wall for holding a candle, candles, or the like sconce2 [skäns] n. [Du schans, fortress,… …   English World dictionary

  • sconce — Effectively, English now only has one word sconce in general use, although others have come and gone in the past. That is the noun meaning ‘candlestick’ or ‘wall bracket for a light’ [14]. It originally denoted a ‘lantern’ or ‘covered… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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