slaw Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun basically shredded cabbage
    coleslaw.

WordNet

Slaw noun
Etymology
D. sla, contr. fr. salade, OD. salaet, salad. See Salad.
Definitions
  1. Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.
Slaw, Slaw"en (Also<
  • Slaw
  • Slawen
)
Definitions
obs.
  1. p. p. of Slee, to slay.
    With a sword drawn out he would have slaw himself. Wyclif (Acts xvi. 27.)

Webster 1913