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sconces

We have found lemma(root) word of sconces : sconce.

Definitions


[skɒns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a candle holder that is attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket
(e.g: a wall sconce)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting a portable lantern with a screen to protect the flame): shortening of Old French esconse ‘lantern’, or from medieval Latin sconsa, from Latin absconsa (laterna) ‘dark (lantern)’ (i.e. a lantern with a device for concealing the light), from abscondere ‘to hide’


[skɒns], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Dutch schans ‘brushwood’, from Middle High German schanze. The earliest recorded sense ‘screen, interior partition’ derives perhaps from sconce; the later senses date from the late 16th century




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