sconce
1. a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather • Hypernyms: shelter 2. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate • Hypernyms: earthwork, fortress, fort 3. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce • Hypernyms: light, light source 4. a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light • Hypernyms: bracket, wall bracket
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