Question

Coward,

Accepted Answer

adj. and sb. cowardly, a coward, MD, C2._AF. coward, cuard, cp. the heraldic term lion couard, a lion with his tail between his legs, and the name for the hare in the old terms of hunting 'la cowarde ou la court cowe,' i.e. short_tail._Formed with the suffix_ard from OF. coe, tail; Lat. cauda. Cp. It. codardo, from coda, a tail.

Front	Coward,
Back	adj. and sb. cowardly, a coward, MD, C2._AF. coward, cuard, cp. the heraldic term lion couard, a lion with his tail between his legs, and the name for the hare in the old terms of hunting 'la cowarde ou la court cowe,' i.e. short_tail._Formed with the suffix_ard from OF. coe, tail; Lat. cauda. Cp. It. codardo, from coda, a tail.

Coward Cp Lion Tail Adj Sb Cowardly Md