cresset

Significado (Inglés)

1. (historical) A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
2. A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
3. A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:

Sinónimos

lamp

pharos

torch

beacon

flambeau

lantern

🏮

light

lighthouse

watch fire

fishing fire

bonfire

brand

brazier

Traducciones

Lagerfeuer

Wachfeuer

φάρος

πυρσός

φανός

demir kandil

fener

🏮

meşale

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɹɛsɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: cresset

In summary

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.