CRESSET


Meaning of CRESSET in English

/kres"it/ , n.

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.

[ 1325-75; ME craisset, equiv. to cras GREASE + -et -ET ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .