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chibbal

chibbal is the obsolete form of cibol.

Meaning of cibol

Noun

cibol (plural cibols)

  1. (obsolete) A perennial onion plant, Allium fistulosum, commonly called Welsh onion.
    • SKATE WITH LIVER SAUCE: CRIMP or cut the skate into pieces, boil and serve on it a sauce made as follows: - Put into a sauce-pan, parsley, cibol, mushrooms, a clove of garlic, all finely minced, and a little butter; give it a turn or teo on the fire, and add a good dust of flour, then a bit of...1842, Mrs. Dalgairns, The Practice of Cookery...Ninth Edition, with Additions, page 44

Forms of chibbal

pluralchibbals

Questions about chibbal

What is chibbal the obsolete form of?
Chibbal is the obsolete form of cibol.

Words near chibbal in the dictionary

  1. Chiayi City
  2. Chiayukuan
  3. chib
  4. chiba
  5. Chibas
  6. chibbal
  7. chibbals
  8. chibbed
  9. chibbies
  10. chibbing
  11. chibby

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