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candle-shade en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
   • Neigh was a man who never disturbed the flesh upon his face except when he was obliged to do so, and paused ten seconds where other people only paused one; as he moved his chin in speaking, motes of light from under the candle-shade caught, lost, and caught again the outlying threads of his burnished beard. 1895, Thomas Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta - A Comedy in Chapters:
   • ...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little? 1892, F. Anstey, The Talking Horse And Other Tales, →ISBN:
   • […] is a comparatively rare brass candlestick with a cylindrical glass candle-shade, and perforated brass cup […] 2002, R. Goodwin-Smith, Decorative Iron and Metalwork: Great Examples from English Sources:
   • He had removed the green abat-jour, for the candle-shades (as they sometimes will) were performing their office. 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Finds Himself Committed”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 191:

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