sconce/skɒns $ skɑːns/ noun[COUNTABLE] [date : 1300-1400; Language : 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 candlesor electric lights
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Athelstan led Cranston round the church, stopped, and told the coroner to wait until he fetched a sconce torch. ▪ Benjamin pushed me in, locking the door behind us, and lit two sconce torches. ▪ I came out here with a sconce torch. ▪ Multi-bracketed candelabra placed along the centre helped the sconce torches to bathe the room in light. ▪ The lamps on it were fake candles, set in sconces like upturned lion's paws. ▪ Using the lantern, Apanage lit candles set in sconces on the wall. ▪ Why are the candle sconces mounted like that on the armrests? ▪ Why hadn't the man left a sconce burning?
sconce/skɒns $ skɑːns/ noun [COUNTABLE]