Obs. [ad. L. caulis, in Gr. καυλός stem, stalk, esp. cabbage-stalk, cabbage. Already in OE. in sense 1, in forms caul, cawl, cawel: see also CAWEL, COLE, KALE.]
1. A cabbage. Also in comb. caul-stock, a cabbage-stalk, CASTOCK.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 240. Genim þysse wyrte croppas þe man brassicam siluaticam, & oðrum naman caul nemneþ.
a. 1100. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 323. (Plant Names) Caula, vel magudaris, caul.
c. 1265. Voc., ibid. 559. Caulus, cholet, kaul.
1398. [see CASTOCK].
1590. R. Payne, Descr. Irel. (1841), 9. The profite of the swine, winter milke, caules.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Cabbage, Cauls and Sprouts.
2. Stem, stalk.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., XI. 381. Take leef, or roote, or caule of malowe agrest.
