Definition of Bobèche

1. Noun. A cup or ring at the top of a candlestick, used to catch melted wax running down the side of the candle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bobèche

1. a glass collar on a candle holder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobèche

bobsleighs
bobstays
bobtail
bobtailed
bobtailing
bobtails
bobweight
bobwheel
bobwheels
bobwhite
bobwhite quail
bobwhites
bobwig
bobwigs
bobèche (current term)
bocaccio
bocaccios
bocage
bocages
bocal
bocals
bocasine
bocca
boccas
bocce
bocce ball
bocces
bocci
bocci ball

Literary usage of Bobèche

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. France in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1890 by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer (1893)
"During the morning, however, Bobeche went to a drinking saloon, and while there the man he left in charge received orders to send the priests to work on a ..."

2. The Works of Charles Paul de Kock, with a General Introduction by Jules Claretie by Paul de Kock (1903)
"I left the Russian see-saw, and went to see Bobeche. ... I had to remain standing, and as I threaded my way between the elect if I could not see Bobeche at ..."

3. The Desultory Man by George Payne Rainsford James (1836)
"BOBECHE. And in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places crammed With observations, the which he vents In ..."

4. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"... saucer-shaped gadrooned bobeche. Tripod stand, with voluted consoles at sides and with cherubim and oval scrolled escutcheons between. ..."

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