Cresset Definition
krĕsĭt
noun
A metal container for burning oil, wood, etc., fastened as to a pole or wall and used as a torch or lantern.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Cresset
Noun
Singular:
cresset
Plural:
cressetsOrigin of Cresset
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Old French crasset, cresset (“sort of lamp or torch”); perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse, French creuset (“crucible”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French alteration of croisuel probably from Vulgar Latin croceolus small lamp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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