scunch Arch. Obs. exc. dial.
(skʌnʃ)
Also 7 scunche, 9 sconce.
[Shortened from scuncheon. Cf. squinch.]
= scuncheon.
| 1611 Cotgr., Escoinson, a Scunche; the backe part of the iaumbe of a window. 1899 Dickinson & Prevost Cumbld. Gloss., Scunch, Sconce, Scunchen, the stone or brick reveal of a door or window. |