cresset

[ kres-it ]
/ ˈkrɛs ɪt /

noun

a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.

Origin of cresset

1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French craisset, equivalent to cras grease + -et -et

Words nearby cresset

creslan, cresol, cresol red, cress, cressent, cresset, cressida, cressy, crest, crest cloud, crest coronet

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British Dictionary definitions for cresset

cresset
/ (ˈkrɛsɪt) /

noun

history a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination

Word Origin for cresset

C14: from Old French craisset, from craisse grease