COSTARD


Meaning of COSTARD in English

/kos"teuhrd, kaw"steuhrd/ , n.

1. a large English variety of apple.

2. Archaic. the head.

[ 1250-1300; ME, perh. coste rib (see COAST) + -ard -ARD, alluding to the ridges or ribs of the variety ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .