U.S. Also -slaugh, cold slaw. [a. Du. koolsla, reduced form of koolsalade, f. kool cabbage + salade, pronounced salâ’e s’lâ.] Sliced cabbage dressed with salt, pepper, vinegar, etc., eaten either raw or slightly cooked.
1851. Brooklyn Evening Star, 1 Aug., 2/3. The devourers of ‘cole slaw’ were cited as cases in point.
1862. trans. Hugo’s Misérables, III. 499. To leave my whole plateful without touching it! My coleslaugh, which was so good!
1886. Mrs. Rorer, Philad. Cook Bk., 241. Cold Slaw 1 quart of cut cabbage [etc.]…. Serve when very cold.
