Cresselle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cresselle \Cres*selle"\ (kr?s-s?l"), n. [F. cr['e]celle rattle.]
     (Eccl.)
     A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in
     the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy
     Week, or the last week of Lent.
     [1913 Webster]