An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions
cresset
Silbentrennung
cres·set
Aussprache
Etymologie
[ 'kre-s&t ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French craisset, from craisse grease; more at GREASE.