custard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen

WordNet

Cus"tard noun
Etymology
Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.
Definitions
  1. A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Shak.

Webster 1913