sconce¹

n.

a candle holder attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket.

Etymology

ME (orig. denoting a portable lantern): from OFr. esconse ‘lantern’ or med. L. sconsa, from L. absconsa (laterna) ‘dark (lantern)’, from abscondere ‘to hide’.

sconce²

n.

archaic a small fort or earthwork.

Etymology

ME: from Du. schans ‘brushwood’, from Mid. High Ger. schanze.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

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