simple past tense and past participle of sconce

plural of sconce

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sconce

A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

A head or a skull. / A poll tax; a mulct or fine.

(obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.

A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford. / (obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. / (architecture) A squinch.

(obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

present participle of sconce

(uncountable, Oxford University slang) The activity of sconcing in general, as part of a meal or drinking game; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.