Cos"trel (k?s"tr?l), n. [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.

 

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