sconce

A small defensive earthwork or fort.

A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights.

A flattened candlestick that has a handle.

The human head or skull.

A lantern with a protecting shade; a dark lantern; any lantern.

A candlestick having the form of a bracket projecting from a wall or column; also, a group of such candlesticks, forming, with an appliqué or flat, somewhat ornamented disk or plaque which seems to adhere to the wall, a decorative object. These were most commonly of brass during the years when sconces were most in use.

The socket for the candle in a candlestick of any form, especially when having a projecting rim around it.

A cover; a shelter; a protection; specifically, a screen or partition to cover or protect anything; a shed or hut for protection from the weather; a covered stall.

A work for defense, detached from the main works for some local object; a bulwark; a block-house; a fort, as for the defense of a pass or river.

A cover or protection for the head; a headpiece; a helmet.