sconce

Examples

• All

• He picked the taper out of its sconce, then lit his pipe.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He racked the torch in a sconce and marched his men back up the stairs.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "I've been shot before," des Laumes told him, shrugging with indifference, and Jimmerson pulled the trigger, aiming high, blowing the hell out of a brass wall sconce with a glass shade.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The soldiers took cover behind the old stone sconce during the battle, using it as a protective shelter.

• In the historic fort, each room featured a handmade sconce, offering soldiers a small refuge from enemy fire.

• As they explored the ancient castle, they found a sconce built into the wall, designed to shield its occupants from arrows.

Synonyms

G

guardhouse

vssconce

5 4.9

A small building at an entrance where guards stay and sometimes keep prisoners

is a small defensive shelter or fort rather than a staffed entrance building

S

sentry box

vssconce

1 5.0

A small shelter with an open front where a guard stands

is a broader defensive shelter or small fort rather than only weather protection

F

field hut

vssconce

6.8

A small temporary shelter soldiers use while in the field

is more of a defensive or fortified shelter rather than a simple temporary shelter

A

army hut

vssconce

3.1

A small temporary building where soldiers sleep and live during training or war

is focused on defence as a small fort rather than general soldier accommodation

How Strong

fortress

106 4.4

fort

153 2.3

sconce

• Archaic

1 9.9

outpost

110 6.0

shelter

253 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology