candle-shade

See also: candleshade

English

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.

   • 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:

     He had removed the green abat-jour, for the candle-shades (as they sometimes will) were performing their office.

   • 2002, R. Goodwin-Smith, Decorative Iron and Metalwork: Great Examples from English Souces:

     […] is a comparatively rare brass candlestick with a cylindrical glass candle-shade, and perforated brass cup […]

Alternative forms

• candleshade

Related terms

• wall-shade