† chibol Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈtʃɪbəl)
Forms: 4 chibolle, (chyball), 4–7 chibole, (5 chebolle, 5–6 chybolle), 6 chiboll, (chibal, chibboll, chebol(e, cheboule), 6–7 chibol, (7 chibbal), 7–8 chibbol, (8 chiboul, 9 dial. jibbole, chipple). See also cibol, sybow.
[a. *chiboule, a northern Fr. form = central F. ciboule, in same sense, cognate with Sp. cebolla, Pg. cebola, It. cipolla onion:—L. cē-, cæpulla onion-bed, f. cēpa, cæpa onion.]
1. A species of Allium (A. fistulosum), known also as Stone Leek, Rock Onion, and Welsh Onion, in appearance intermediate between the onion and the leek. Now little cultivated in Britain.
(This application of the name has been certain since the 16th c.; in earlier times, as now in popular use, other species or forms of Allium may have been included.)
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 281 Chibolles [v.r. -is, chibols, chybolys] cheruelys, and ripe chiries monye. 1393 Ibid. C. ix. 311 Ac ich haue porett-plontes, perselye and scalones, Chiboles and chiruylles. a 1400 Pistel of Susan 105 Þe chyue and þe chollet, þe chibolle þe cheue. a 1440 Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 427 Take..grene Chebolles, and hew hom small. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health xv. 12 b, They muste eat no salades, garlyke, ramsons, onyons, chybolles, or Scalyons. 1578 Lyte Dodoens 203 The roote [of Dog's-tooth] is long and slender lyke to a Chebol. 1585 Parsons Chr. Exerc. ii. i. 168 God sent not the pleasaunt Manna..as long as theyr flower and chibals of Egypt lasted. 1601 Holland Pliny xix. vi, As for the Chibbol, it hath in maner no distinct head at all, but only a long neck, & therfore it runs in maner all to a green blade; the order is to cut and sheare it often in manner of porret or leeks. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farm 158 Quarter out a bed for Leekes and Cyves, and..two other for Onions and Chiboles. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. (1650) 139 Scallions and Chibols are much of the nature of Onions. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Appetite, Roasted Victuals season'd with Garlick, or Onions and Chibouls, Leeks. [1778 See cibol.] |
2. A young or spring onion with the green stalk attached (in which stage it is much like a chibol proper). Chiefly dial.
| 1848 Barnes Poems Dorset Dialect Gloss., Gibbole, a young onion. [In a letter the author says, Here [S. Dorset] it is chipple. In the vale of Blackmore I certainly heard it as a boy in the form jibbole.] 1888 Elworthy W. Som. Gloss., Chibbole, a young onion with the green stalk attached; a favourite addition to salad. |