borecole
(ˈbɔəkəʊl)
Also 8 boorcole.
[prob. ad. the Du. name boerenkool lit. ‘peasant's cabbage’.]
A loose or open-headed variety of the cabbage, cultivated under the name of Kale.
| 1712 Arbuthnot Hist. John Bull (1755) 24 His children..live upon salt herring, sowre crud, and borecole. 1813 C. Marshall Garden. xv. (ed. 5) 222 Borecole or cale is a hardy green. 1850 Gard. Chron. 276 Borecole also called Kail. |