Danish Meaning of sconce
væglampe
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Definitions and Meaning of sconce in English
sconce (n)
a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
sconce (p. p.)
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
A squinch.
A fragment of a floe of ice.
A fixed seat or shelf.
sconce (v. t.)
To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
To mulct; to fine.
FAQs About the word sconce
væglampe
a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather, a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate, a candle or flam
Bue-lampe,lysestage,Lysestage,stearinlys,lysekrone,Lommelygte,projektør,Gaslys,forlygte,lampe
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scomm => fidus, scomfit => forlegenhed, scomfish => flov, scombroidea => Makrelfisk, scombroid fish => Makrelfisk,
