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shawl

shawl [ shawl ]


noun  (plural shawls)
Definition:
 
garment for head and shoulders: a fabric square worn by women over the shoulders or head and shoulders or used to wrap a baby in



transitive verb  (past and past participle shawled, present participle shawl·ing, 3rd person present singular shawls)
Definition:
 
wrap in shawl: to cover somebody or something with a shawl or with something performing a similar function

[Early 17th century. < Persian, Urdu šāl]
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