Shawling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of wrapping in a shawl.

    "I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shawl form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times."

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