cresset


cres·set

C0742000 (krĕs′ĭt)n. A metal cup, often suspended on a pole, containing burning oil or pitch and used as a torch.
[Middle English, from Old French, alteration of croisuel, probably from Vulgar Latin *croceolus, small lamp.]

cresset

(ˈkrɛsɪt) n (Historical Terms) history a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination[C14: from Old French craisset, from craisse grease]

cres•set

(ˈkrɛs ɪt)

n. a metal cup or basket mounted on a pole or hung from above, containing oil or other illuminant, and burned as a light or beacon. [1325–75; < Anglo-French, Old French craisset=cras grease + -et -et]