Definitions
a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“[…]tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them.”
“Golden sconces hang not on the walls.”
“There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wall light bracket”6 letters
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