[a. F. ciboule: see CHIBOL. This has been used for a long time in Scotch, where it is reduced to SYBOW, sybo = cibow = ciboll.] Another form of CHIBOL.
1632. Sherwood, Cibboll, comme Chibboll.
1696. Phillips, Cibols, small Onions eaten in sallads.
1699. Evelyn, Acetaria (1729), 134. Scalions or Cibbols, are degenerate Onions.
1708–21. Kersey, Cibol, Ciboule, or chibbol, a kind of small degenerate onion.
1755. Johnson, Cibol, a small sort of onion used in salads. This word is common in the Scotch dialect; but the l is not pronounced.
1778. T. Mawe, Univ. Gardener, s.v. Allium, The Ciboule or Welch Onion is a perennial plant.
1832. Veg. Subst. Food, 289. The Welsh onion, or ciboule … originally from Siberia … a hardy plant … strong in flavour … known in England since the seventeenth century.
