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 crasgrease + -et-et

Words nearby cresset

Creslan, cresol, cresol red, cress, Cressent, cresset, Cressida, Cressy, crest, cresta run, crest cloud

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Example sentences from the Web for cresset

There was likewise a cresset train numbering nearly two thousand men.
The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell
The broken door let them into a small courtyard, lit by a cresset.
The People of the Black Circle|Robert E. Howard
Its numberless narrow windows were all aglow, and in a cresset on one tower a fire was burning brightly.
The White Blackbird|Hudson Douglas
The lantern, a kind of cresset protected by a wire globe, was suspended from the roof by a string.
Messengers of Evil|Pierre Souvestre

All day long the fight rages, and when night comes the torches gleam by the tents, and the cresset burns in the hall.
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cresset
释义	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 crasgrease + -et-et Words nearby cresset Creslan, cresol, cresol red, cress, Cressent, cresset, Cressida, Cressy, crest, cresta run, crest cloud Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cresset There was likewise a cresset train numbering nearly two thousand men. The Customs of Old England\|F. J. Snell The broken door let them into a small courtyard, lit by a cresset. The People of the Black Circle\|Robert E. Howard Its numberless narrow windows were all aglow, and in a cresset on one tower a fire was burning brightly. The White Blackbird\|Hudson Douglas The lantern, a kind of cresset protected by a wire globe, was suspended from the roof by a string. Messengers of Evil\|Pierre Souvestre All day long the fight rages, and when night comes the torches gleam by the tents, and the cresset burns in the hall. Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde\|Oscar Wilde 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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