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Webster 1913 Edition
Shawl
Shawl
,Noun.
[Per. & Hind.
shāl
: cf. F. châle
.] A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
India shawl
, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together.
– Shawl goat
(Zool.)
, the Cashmere goat.
Shawl
,Verb.
T.
To wrap in a shawl.
Thackeray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shawl
SHAWL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
shawl
shawl
English
Noun
shawl (plural shawls)
- A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders.
- She wears her shawl when it's cold outside.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
Derived terms
Translations
a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders
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Verb
shawl (third-person singular simple present shawls, present participle shawling, simple past and past participle shawled)
- To wrap in a shawl.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)