Dictionary entry

Costrel

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore

The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine.

Tennyson.