cresset
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.
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How to use cresset in a sentence
At one of the larger intersections, Albert stopped under a flaming cresset and looked at his arm.
Insidekick | Jesse Franklin BoneFor a moment there was darkness, then a cresset on the wall flashed up, another and another, and all was light.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisHis face was cruel and alert, and the light from the cresset played in red streaks upon his helmet.
The Hill of Venus | Nathan GallizierLight yonder cresset from the embers on the hearth; advance it to his face!
Wager of Battle | Henry William Herbertcresset, a large kind of candlestick for holding a small fire or illuminant.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for cresset
/ (ˈkrɛsɪt) /
history a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination
Origin of cresset
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