cresset
/ˈkrɛsɪt
/noun historical
A metal container of oil, grease, wood, or coal set alight for illumination and typically mounted on a pole.He arose and went to her as I lit the cresset from the brazier coals....
- In addition to these fires, the streets were lined with lanterns, and people carried cressets (pivoted lanterns atop poles) as they wandered from one bonfire to another.
- Fire baskets or cressets mounted at the prows of the fishing barges seem to attract prey for the cormorants.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, from craisse, variant of graisse 'oil, grease'.
Rhymes
- spadille
- spadix
- spae
- spaeman
- spaetzle
- spaewife
- spag bol
- spaghetti
- spaghetti alla carbonara
- spaghetti bolognaise
- spaghetti bolognese
- spaghetti carbonara
- spaghettification
- spaghetti junction
- spaghettini
- spaghetti squash
- spaghetti strap
- spaghetti western
- spagyric
- spahi
- Spahn, Warren
- Spain
- spake
- spall
- Spallanzani, Lazzaro