sowl

1. (British, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.Examples: "Good lorjus days, whot whofo times ar' theese! / Pot-baws ar scant, an dear is seawl an cheese!"; "It [the word pittance] does not signify the whole share of each individual in a conventual meal, but merely that smaller portion of more tasty viands which in frugal housekeeping is used to give relish to the bread or pottage constituting the substance of the meal; what is still called sowl or sowling in some parts of England. The Pembrokeshire peasant says, "I have not had a bit of sowl to my bread for these six months"."; "What was called "souling," or "sowling," was practised by the female portion of the poor, who visited their more wealthy neighbours, demanding "sowl," which signified, in its provincial acceptation, any condiment eaten with bread, such as meat, fish, &c., but especially cheese."Britishdialectal