candleshade

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small shade fitted around or over a candle flame or candle-shaped lamp to soften, color, or direct its light and reduce glare

   A red candleshade cast a warm glow across the dinner table.

A compound of candle and shade. The closed spelling candleshade is attested from the late nineteenth century, including in The Picture of Dorian Gray; candle-shade is an established hyphenated alternative. The object was named for its parallel with a lampshade: it screened glare and could tint the candlelight.

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