手て燭しょく

noun

portable candlestick

A small candlestick with a handle, used historically in Japan before electric lighting. The reading しゅしょく is rare.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、夜よるの移い動どうに手て燭しょくが使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, portable candlesticks were used for moving around at night.