1597 J. Gerard iii. 1228 This Gaule groweth plentifully..in the Ile of Elie, and in the Fennie countries thereabouts, whereof there is such store..that they make fagots of it and sheaues, which they cal Gaule sheaues, to burne and heate their ouens.
1805 R. Forsyth II. 258 The hazel, the dwarf willow, the gall plant.
1887 W. Rye 50 The myrtle-like leaved sweet gale bushes.