▪ I. † cawel Obs.
[OE. cawel, cawl, caul, ad. L. caul-is cabbage: see caul, cole, kale.]
Cabbage, cole, kale. Also in comb., † cawel-hert, a name applied to the hare; † cawel-wurm, a caterpillar, kaleworm.
| a 1000 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 202 Caulus, cawel. c 1000 ælfric Voc. ibid. 121 Gurgulio, cawelwurm. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 336 Sele him etan ᵹesodenne cawel. Ibid. II. 240 Wild cawel. Ibid. I. 106 On cawles [v.r. caules] leaf. a 1325 Names Hare in Rel. Ant. I. 134 In the worshipe of the hare..The cawel-hert, the worttroppere. |
▪ II. cawel
see also cawl, fish-creel.