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Shawl

//ʃɔl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders wordnet
  3. 3
    A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.
Verb
  1. 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"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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