ˈkresə̇t noun
also cris·set -ris-
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French cresset, craisset, from Old French craisset, from craisse grease, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin crassia — more at grease
1. : an iron vessel or basket used for holding burning oil, pitchy wood, or other illuminant and mounted as a torch or suspended as a lantern : a fire basket
blazing cressets, fed with naphtha and asphaltus — John Milton
2. or cres·et -res- : a small furnace or iron fire cage used in coopering to heat and so bend staves to shape