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table-shade
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Noun
table-shade (plural table-shades)
- (historical) The oldest form of candle-shade, consisting of a tall glass cylinder which stood on a table, the candlestick and candle being placed bodily within it.
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “table-shade”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
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