Definitions For Cresset

Noun

CRESSET (plural CRESSETs) A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination. (coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. : (Knight)

Translations

Polish: kaganiec, m, kaganek, m

Etymology

From {{der, en, fro, crasset}}, cresset, , sort of lamp or torch; perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse, {{der, en, fr, creuset, , crucible}}.

See also

brazier

Anagrams

Secrest, resects, secrets