Search for crossword answers and clues
Its back is up against the wall
Answer for the clue "Its back is up against the wall ", 6 letters:
sconce
Alternative clues for the word sconce
Word definitions for sconce in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sconce is a small protective fortification , such as an earthwork , often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. This type of fortification was common ...
Usage examples of sconce.
More torches and sconces were lit in the halls and fineries and plumeries sprouted by the scores.
Juraviel scampering about the barn, retrieving torches and their sconces.
There was a Regency library table under the bow window at one end of the room and a pair of shield-back armchairs on either side of a handsome secreta ire-bookcase, the whole lighted by wall sconces with delicate pink shades and several table lamps.
The heavy arhythmia of her breathing mixed with the low sounds of his sure motions as he lit the candle beside her bed and then lit the wall sconces with their brilliant mirror backing.
He starts out his career at an all-girl opium den in Charlottenburg, almost within sight of the statue of Wernher Siemens, burning up in a sconce, one among many bulbs witnessing the more languorous forms of Republican decadence.
Torches set in iron sconces on either side of the chimneypiece flamed vivid red, hissing and smoking and dripping hot pitch.
Gomez removed a lit candle from the candelabrum and placed it in the sconce on the wall above the daybed, then he bowed and withdrew.
Beneath a flickering wall sconce, a recumbent statue of some pseudo-Grecian god was being enthusiastically fellated by a water nymph on her knees.
At the far end of the room was an enormous stage, the drop curtain raised to reveal the gas footlights in green cabbage leaf sconces.
Then Gedd went ahead, enterprisingly setting light to at least one candle in every sconce, all the way to the upper floor, making the steps more visible, bringing a wan, ordinary light to the heart of the Zeide.
A glass vestibule opened into a narrow lofty hall, carpeted in a rich shade of burgundy, its white-painted walls lighted by crystal sconces, and at one side, under a wide arch, Annis caught a glimpse of a staircase.
Songs the churls could understand: Thrumming on their Saxon sconces Straight, the invariable blow, Till they snorted true responses.
The overhead light fixtures and wall sconces were shaped like gilded cherubs armed with cornucopias.
Cut flowers, white morningstars, stood in a flat, round vase on the table by the bed, and more nodded in glazed white sconces on the walls.
The baronial overtones were further diminished by the blaze of rosy light from the chandelier and wall sconces, and the huge fire crackling up the chimney back.