a fortification, or work for defense; a fort.-a hut for protection and shelter; a stall.-a piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.-fig.: the head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.-a poll tax; a mulct or fine.-a protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.-hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.-a squinch.-a fragment of a floe of ice.-a fixed seat or shelf.-to shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.-to mulct; to fine.