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What does sconce mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sconce? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A light fixture.
  2. A head or a skull.
  3. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
  4. A piece of armour for the head; headpiece; helmet.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) to impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
Noun
  1. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
  2. (obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
  3. The circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
  4. (architecture) A squinch.
  5. A fragment of a floe of ice.
  6. A fixed seat or shelf.
Verb
  1. (obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.
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