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costard

/ˈkɒs.tə(ɹ)d/

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

noun costards · coster

UK A large cooking apple.
The tree on which large cooking apples grow.
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.

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@misc{costard_2026,
  title = {costard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/costard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}