torchier


tor·chiere

T0276100 (tôr-shâr′, -chîr′) or tor·chier (-shâr′) also tor·chère (-shâr′)n. A usually tall floor lamp with a bowl-shaped part that diffuses the light or directs it upward.
[French torchère, from torche, torch; see torch.]

torch·y

T0276500 (tôr′chē)adj. torch·i·er, torch·i·est Of, relating to, or typical of a torch song or torch singer.

torchier

(ˈtɔːtʃɪə) or

torchiere

n (Furniture) a standing lamp with a bowl for casting light upwards and so giving all-round indirect illumination[C20: from torchère]