Found 2 items, similar to sconce.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sconce sconce n 1: a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall 2: a forbidding stronghold [syn: redoubt]
English → English (gcide) Definition: sconce Squinch \Squinch\ (skw[i^]nch), n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon. [1913 Webster]