n.
A usually crystal collar on a candle socket used to catch drippings or to hold suspended pendants.
[French bobèche.]
bobeche
Dictionary:
bo·beche (bō-bĕsh') 
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n.
A usually crystal collar on a candle socket used to catch drippings or to hold suspended pendants.
| Architecture: bobeche, bobache |
The collar fitted to a lamp holder as on a chandelier and from which glass prisms may be suspended.
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