cresset /ˈkɹɛs.ɪt/ noun3 •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.We reach'd the lofty turret's base, our eyes / its height ascended, where we mark'd uphung / two cressets and another saw from far — 1805 •(historical) A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination.Of Starry Lamps and blazing Cressets fed ¶ With Naphtha and Asphaltus yeilded light — 1667 formscressets
