Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A buckler-bearer or servant to a man-at-arms. See
cultellarius . - noun Same as
costrel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An armor-bearer to a knight.
- noun obsolete See
costrel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knight 's attendant orman-at-arms ; aknave .
Etymologies
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From Old French coustillier ("soldier armed with a coustille ("double-edged sword")").
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