candle-shade

See also: candleshade

English

Alternative forms

Noun

candle-shade (plural candle-shades)

  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.
    • 1892, F. Anstey, The Talking Horse And Other Tales, →ISBN:
      ...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little?
    • 1895, Thomas Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta -- A Comedy in Chapters:
      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.
    • 2002, R. Goodwin-Smith, Decorative Iron and Metalwork: Great Examples from English Souces:
      ...is a comparitively rare brass candlestick with a cylindrical glass candle-shade, and perforated brass cup...
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