Sconce may refer to:
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Sconce (fortification)
A sconce is a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork, often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. This type of fortificati ...
, a military fortification
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Sconce (light fixture)
A sconce (the word is derived from the late Latin via Old French) is a lamp-holder – either a candlestick or lantern with a handle, or a lamp fixed to a wall. In the latter case the light is usually, but not always, directed upwards and ou ...
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Sconcing
Sconcing is a tradition at Oxford University of demanding that a person drink a tankard of ale or some other alcoholic beverage as a penalty for some breach of etiquette. Originally the penalty would have been a simple monetary fine imposed for a ...
, imposing a penalty in the form of drink
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Sconce Point
Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England (), built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII, but thes ...
on the Isle of Wight, England
People with the surname
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Jeffrey Sconce, professor of media
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Jerry Sconce, American football coach and criminal
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Mark Sconce (born 1968), Welsh footballer
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