6. [OF. esconse a dark lantern, properly, a hiding place. See Etymol.
above.] A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a
candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
Tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several- colored, oiled
paper, that the wind might not annoy them.
Evelyn.
Golden sconces hang not on the walls.
Dryden.
7. Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which
the candle is inserted.