cresset
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cresset
1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French craisset, equivalent to cras grease + -et -et
Example Sentences
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Candlelight from the cresset over the great bed threw the faintest flicker of brown light over the stones.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
The candle in the cresset still burned dimly, but the lack of windows in the stone walls made it impossible to tell whether it was dawn or the middle of the night.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Suspended from the ceiling was a cresset, and from the cresset hung curtains of silk around the bed.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
A star, Glimmering above, a dying cresset dropped From the stone vault and flared.
From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius
The cresset moon was up in heaven—at least, Emma said it was—when we started.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
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