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Webster 1913 Edition

Costrel

Cos′trel

(k?s′tr?l)
,
Noun.
[CF. W.
costrel
, OF.
costrel
, LL.
costrellum
, a liquid measure,
costrellus
a wine cup.]
A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
[Archaic]
A youth, that, following with a
costrel
, bore
The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Costrel

COSTREL

,
Noun.
A bottle. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

costrel

costrel

English

Noun

costrel ‎(plural costrels)

  1. (archaic) A bottle of leather, earthenware, 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. — Tennyson.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle English costrel, costrell(e), from Old French costrel, from Latin costrellum ‎(“a liquid measure”), costrellus ‎(“a wine cup”).

Noun

costrel f (plural costrelau or costreli)

  1. flagon, bottle, costrel
  2. skin bottle
  3. keg
  4. measure of two quarts

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Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
costrel gostrel nghostrel chostrel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

Compare Welsh costrel, Old French costrel, Latin costrellum ‎(“a liquid measure”), costrellus ‎(“a wine cup”).

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