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  • n  a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
  • n  a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
  • n  a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
  • n  a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

  • She celebrated by breaking into a Pottery Barn and shoplifting a sconce.
  • He boasts that he broke the Exeter sconce record, a complicated dining-hall punishment for bad etiquette in which the offender was forced to drink nearly two pints of beer in 30 .
  • According to the New York Journal-American's society page, she had been jarred awake in her sleeping car, sat upright, "rapped her lovely sconce" on the upper berth.
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  • LED Sconce Luminaire delivers 875 lm, 85 CRI, and 3000K CCT.
    Used as accent, wall wash, or pathway light, Tube features cylindrical profile and Dark Sky Friendly design with LED directional light source that prevents light pollution from spill around or up from luminaire. This 18 W, dimmable sconce, constructed of aluminum with etched glass lens, is engineered with integral driver and replaceable LED modules. Wet listed for outdoor applications, luminaire ...
    June 28, 2013 - ThomasNet
  • LED Sconce Luminaire delivers 875 lm, 85 CRI, and 3000K CCT.
    Used as accent, wall wash, or pathway light, Tube features cylindrical profile and Dark Sky Friendly design with LED directional light source that prevents light pollution from spill around or up from luminaire. This 18 W, dimmable sconce, constructed of aluminum with etched glass lens, is engineered with integral driver and replaceable LED modules. Wet listed for outdoor applications, luminaire ...
    June 28, 2013 - ThomasNet

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