Meaning of candle-shade | Babel Free

Definitions

A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.

Examples

“...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little?”

“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.”

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

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

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