cresset
Meanings
Plural: cressets
Noun
- A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
- A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination.
- A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
- A metal basket filled with burning material, used to attract fish when night fishing; a fire basket.
- A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
- A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cresset, from Old French crasset, cresset (“sort of lamp or torch”); perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse and/or French creuset (“crucible”), the latter being from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *croceolus.
Scrabble Score: 9
cresset is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcresset is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cresset is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
cresset is a valid Words With Friends word