sconce

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
2. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
2. During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.

Verb

to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

Sînonîm

shelter

candlestick

bulwark

quick wits

quickness of wit

candle stick

screen

cap

casing

citadel

cote

cover

coverture

cowling

dugout

entrenchment

fastness

fortification

girandole

lamp-bracket

protect

protection

rampart

redoubt

refuge

safeguard

sense

shielding

stronghold

thawing

warming

wit

light fixture

bracket candlestick

ability

vallasion

aegis

asylum

bastion

blockhouse

buffer

candelabrum

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/skɒns/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English sconce, sconse (“candlestick or lantern (with screen)”), from Old French esconse (“lantern”), from Latin absconsus (“hidden”), perfect passive participle of abscondō (“hide”). Cognate with abscond.