sconce

IPA(Pronunciation)

/skɒns/

Noun

obsolete

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford. / (obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. / (architecture) A squinch.

Japanese Meaning

峠や渡し場などを守るために築かれる小規模な砦または防御施設。 / （古語）保護や避難のための小屋、または簡易な避難小屋。 / （建築において）スクィンチ、正方形または円形の空間にドームなどを載せるための補強構造。

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The soldiers took refuge behind the old sconce overlooking the narrow pass, preparing to repel any attackers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

兵士たちは狭い峠を見下ろす古い小さな砦の背後に身を寄せ、来襲者を撃退する準備をした。

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Sense（1）

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.

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Sense（2）

(obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

one that […] must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches

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Sense（3）

(architecture) A squinch.

Sense（4）

A fragment of a floe of ice.

Just then, a broad sconce-piece or low water-washed berg came driving up from the southward. The thought flashed upon me of one of our escapes in Melville Bay; and as the sconce moved rapidly close alongside us, McGary managed to plant an anchor on its slope and hold on to it by a whale-line.

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Sense（5）

A fixed seat or shelf.

sconces

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