US /ʃɔl/ UK /ʃɔːl/
noun verb Freq #16466

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    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
    verb

    To wrap in a shawl.

    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.

  3. 3
    noun

    cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders

  4. 4
    noun

    A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms black-shawledshawlless
Derived forms beshawledenshawledshawletteshawllessshawllikeshawlwiseunshawl

Etymology

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

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