Cresset
Cresset (kr?s"s?t) , noun
[Old French crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to English cruse, French creuset crucible, English crucible.]
1.
An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed
With naphtha and asphaltus.
As a cresset true that darts its length
Of beamy luster from a tower of strength.
2.
(Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. — Knight