cole meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

cole

noun

UK /kəʊl/ · US /koʊl/

Etymology From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.

Usually Cabbage.

Usually Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Derived terms: coleseed, coleslaw, pig's cole, sea cole
Related terms: borecole, cauliflower, colewort

cole

noun

Scotland A stack or stook of hay.

Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 39: