sconce

1. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

   Wandlampe, Wandleuchte, Wandleuchter

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2. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

   A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

3. A head or a skull.

4. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

5. An act of sconcing (very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself).

   Near-synonym: (Cambridge University slang) fine

6. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.

   a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

7. A squinch.

8. A fragment of a floe of ice.

9. A fixed seat or shelf.

10. (obsolete)A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

    a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

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