Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flat, pear-shaped drinking vessel with loops for attachment to the belt of the user.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flask, flagon, or bottle; specifically, such a vessel of leather, wood, or earthenware, often of a flattened form, and generally with ears by which it may be suspended, used by British laborers in harvest-lime. Sometimes called
pilgrim's bottle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
bottle ofleather ,earthenware , orwood , havingears by which it wassuspended at the side.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And, behold! the maiden came back, and a youth with her, bearing on his back a costrel full of good purchased mead and a quarter of a young bullock.
The Mabinogion Vol. 2 (of 3) Owen Morgan Edwards 1889
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And, behold! the maiden came back, and a youth with her, bearing on his back a costrel full of good purchased mead, and a quarter of a young bullock.
The Mabinogion Anonymous 1853
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And, behold, the maiden came back, and a youth with her, bearing on his back a costrel full of good purchased mead, and a quarter of a young bullock.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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And, behold, the maiden came back, and a youth with her, bearing on his back a costrel full of good purchased mead, and a quarter of a young bullock.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
halcyonwhimsy commented on the word costrel
a flask vessel made of earthenware, leather, or wood that is attachable to one's belt/waist by ears (hoops) on one or both sides of the vessel.
Originated around 1350-1400s
October 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word costrel
"And, behold, the maiden came back, and a youth with her, bearing on his back a costrel full of good purchased mead, and a quarter of a young bullock."
- Thomas Bulfinch, 'Age of Fable'.
September 19, 2009
qms commented on the word costrel
A wonderful vessel, the neti pot,
A tool every New Ager's got:
A sort of a costrel
You stick up your nostril
To sluice out your stubbornest snot.
September 13, 2016