costrel

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noun

A bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.

OriginMiddle English costrel ← Old French costerel →
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Meanings

nouncostrel (plural costrels)

plural costrels

  1. archaicA bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.

    A youth, that following with a costrel bore / The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine.

    1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 21

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcosterel
  2. Middle Englishcostrel
  3. Englishcostrel

Inherited from Middle English costrel, from Old French costerel, modification of costeret. Compare Medieval Latin costrellum (“a liquid measure”), costrellus (“a wine cup”) and Welsh costrel.

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