† costretn.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French costeret container for liquids, flask, small barrel (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), probably arising from alteration (after nouns in -et -et suffix¹) of Anglo-Norman costerés , Old French costerez , plural forms (13th cent. or earlier in these senses), apparently showing extended use of Old French costerais (singular) small piece of wood, stick (although this is apparently first attested later: 1298; Middle French, French cotret , †coteret ; < coste side (see coast n.) + -erez , suffix forming adjectives and nouns ( < an unattested post-classical Latin suffix *-aricius ; compare -ar suffix¹, -itious suffix¹)). Compare post-classical Latin costrettus , costrettum (from 1298 in British sources). Compare costrel n.¹