Meanings
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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.
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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.
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3
noun
cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
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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).