What does "shawl" mean?

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.

What is a synonym for "shawl"?

Common synonyms include: cape, cape, capes, cloak, cover-up of evidence, fichu.

/ʃɔl/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
"She wears her shawl when it's cold outside."
2
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders wordnet
3
A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

Verb

1
To wrap in a shawl. transitive
"Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment , where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life"

"It seems a shawl for the elderly in that position!"

From Hindi शाल (śāl) and Urdu شال (śāl), from Persian شال (šâl).