Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.