† ˈcolward,a.Obs. [app. a perverted form of culvert, in OF.culvert, colvert, etc.] Villainous, nefarious, perfidious, infamous. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 181 For couetyse, & colwarde & croked dedez.c1330Florice & Bl. (1857) 339 The porter is coluard [Camb. MS. culuert] & feloun.