/ʃɔːl/, /ʃɔl/, /ʃɑl/
OriginFrom Hindi शाल (śāl) and Urdu شال (śāl), from Persian شال (šâl).
- 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.”
“Just then Norbourne entered the chamber; and, fancying from her attitude that his wife was asleep, he approached softly, and drew a large shawl around her.”
“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.”
- A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.
- transitiveTo 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”
Formsshawls(plural) · shawls(present, singular, third-person) · shawling(participle, present) · shawled(participle, past) · shawled(past)