shawl

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.

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Simplified etymology

Shawl entered English in the mid-17th century from šāl, a word found in both Persian and Urdu. It is probably based on the name of Shāliāt, a town in India.

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

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