Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also torchere, "large, decorated candelabrum," 1910, from French torchère, from torche (see torch (n.)).
Usage examples of "torchiere".
There was a wastebasket, and a dimmable torchiere in the corner to provide light if the shutters were closed.
My Audi was still parked in the lot, but a Dakapo halogen torchiere was speared through the windshield.
He walked into the living room and flicked the wall switch, lighting a halogen torchiere in a far corner.
And turning away from the man braced in his chair through sheer force of will, she stood on tiptoe to place her last candle in a torchiere near the bed.
He hit the light switch, the halogen glow from the torchiere by the desk stinging his dark-adapted eyes.
The floor-length torchiere lamps, with their reeded shafts and urn-shaped bowls, provided the room with a soft rosy light that reminded Meghann of the Stork Club in New York City, where Simon had taken her for their first and oh so memorable date.