The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cowardie
Cowardie \Cow"ard*ie\ (kou"[~e]rd*[y^]), n. [OF. couardie.] Cowardice. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
cowardie
n. (context obsolete English) cowardice
Usage examples of "cowardie".
Beyond the flap, an elephant could be heard siphoning hay with a dry rustle over her back, and whining breathily as the cowardie checked her.
The brocaded figure, cross-legged before the biggest pavilion, watched keepers and cowardies move about the tents and cages, listened to the soft animal sounds and breathed through bean-wide nostrils the pattern of smells that reveal the well-regulated menagerie.