noun, masculine/esˈkonθe/plural: esconces
chamfer, corner; nook
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Latin cuneus Old French coin Old French -on Old French escoinson Old French *escoinzbor. Spanish esconce Borrowed from Old French *escoinz (“nook”), nominative case of Old French escoinçon, escoinson (whence modern French écoinçon), from Old French coin, coing (“nook, corner”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”).