costard

[ kos-terd, kaw-sterd ]

noun
  1. a large English variety of apple.

  2. Archaic. the head.

Origin of costard

1
1250–1300; Middle English, perhaps <Anglo-French, equivalent to coste rib (see coast) + -ard-ard, alluding to the ridges or ribs of the variety

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British Dictionary definitions for costard

costard

/ (ˈkʌstəd) /


noun
  1. an English variety of apple tree

  2. the large ribbed apple of this tree

  1. archaic, jocular a slang word for head

Origin of costard

1
C14: from Anglo-Norman, from Old French coste rib

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