meaning of sconce
1. A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
4. Fig. : The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
6. A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
8. A squinch.
9. A fragment of a floe of ice.
10. A fixed seat or shelf.
11. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
12. To mulct; to fine.
13. a forbidding stronghold
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