cole UK /kəʊl/US /koʊl/ noun3 •Cabbage. •Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). •(Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […] — 1932 formscoles