torchère


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.]

torchère

(tɔːˈʃɛə) n (Furniture) a tall narrow stand for holding a candelabrum[C20: from French, from torche torch]

tor•chère

(tɔrˈʃɛər)

n. 1. a tall stand for a candelabrum. 2. torchiere. [1905–10; < French, derivative of torche torch]