torchy

adjective, torch·i·er, torch·i·est.

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.

noun

1. a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.

noun

1. a standing lamp with a bowl for casting light upwards and so giving all-round indirect illumination

n.

also torchere, 1910, from French torchère, from torche (see torch (n.)).