costard

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒs.tə(ɹ)d/

Definition of costard

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British)A large cooking apple.
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noun

  1. (British)A large cooking apple.
  2. The tree on which large cooking apples grow.
  3. (archaic, humorous)The human head.
    “Take him ouer the coſtard with the hilts of thy ſword, And then we wil chop him in the malmſey But in the next roome.”
    “Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore volke paſſe: and ’chud ha’ bin zwaggerd out of my life, ’twould not ha’bin zo long as ’tis, by a vortnight. Nay, come not neere th’old man: keepe out che vor’ye, or ice try whither your Coſtard, or my Ballow be the harder; chill be plaine with you.”

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Etymology

From Middle English costard, perhaps from Old French coste (“rib”) + -ard, in reference to its ribbed appearance.

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