Beshawled

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wearing a shawl. not-comparable

    "In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four-wheelers were rattling up, discharging their cargoes of shirt-fronted men and be-shawled, be-diamonded women."

Example

More examples

"In front a continuous stream of hansoms and four-wheelers were rattling up, discharging their cargoes of shirt-fronted men and be-shawled, be-diamonded women."

Etymology

From be- + shawled.

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