Middle English Dictionary Entry
costret n.
Entry Info
| Forms | costret n. Also costred. |
| Etymology | OF costeret |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A flask; a small, portable keg; a wineskin; (b) ~ binder, a maker of kegs; ~ maker, maker of flasks or kegs.
Associated quotations
a
- c1382 WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ruth 2.9 : Costretis [Corp-O: go to the litil costrils and drynk watris].
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2666 : A costret [vr. costrel] taketh he, And seyde, 'Herof a draught..Yif hym to drynke.'
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1283 : His riche pymentis..Heeng nat in costretis nor botelis in þe spence.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)95 : Costred [KC: costret: Win: costreed], or costrelle, grete botelle: Onopherum, aristophorum.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1499 : Now styward..Bye vs vessel gret plente..Fattys, tunnes, and costret.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)2.29.101a : Riȝt as a costret þat is olde, when it resceifiþ new wyne..þe costret bolneþ out & is in poynt for to clefen & bresten.
b
- (1313) Sub.R.Bristol(1) in BGAS 19262 : Rogerus le Costretmaker.
- (1316) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms234 : Walt. le Costretbyndere.