sconced

I added that, when I first went up to Oxford, a frock-coat and tall hat were imperative in walking out; that a "cut-away" coat, as it was called, would have been "sconced" in Hall; that men even kept their boating-dresses at King's or Hall's, changing there; that a blazer in the High would have drawn a crowd.

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907

In the pamphlet it is "sconced"; that very common old word for fined or mulcted.

A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838

In the old days a young chef with ambitions to write their own menu would have raised £1.5m to launch something gilded and marbled and sconced.

Restaurant review: Pitt Cue Co 2012

What was once an elegant foyer now served as a lobby, complete with bannistered staircase, sconced walls, and chandeliered ceiling.

Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006

Inside was a wainscoted rough-raftered taproom, fronds strewn on its clay floor, dimly lit by sconced candles and the flames on the hearth.

Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

Rich was waiting for her in the conference room, a sconced, heavily curtained rectangle softened by floor-to - ceiling bookcases and the Old World cornices and moldings she had had put up.

Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

The long spiraling stair turned round and round with very little visible in any direction but below, where a few chimneyed candles, sconced torches or hung lanterns flared along the central shaft, doing more for acrophobia than absolute blackness might, I suppose.

Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986

Inside, the public rooms were sumptuously decorated in the florid style of old Venice with arching, beamed ceilings, sconced walls covered with opulent moire silks, and lush color everywhere - the wholly Venetian shades of blue, green, yellow and burnt orange.

The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

Inside was a wainscoted rough-raftered taproom, fronds strewn on its clay floor, dimly lit by sconced candles and the flames on the hearth.

Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983

Vast, durable, the light from the iron-sconced lanterns flung up against the curved structure of the towers that gave the house its name.

A Girl Possessed Winspear, Violet 1980