[pawl] 
| 1. | a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb. |
| 2. | a coffin. |
| 3. | anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, esp. with darkness or gloom. |
| 4. | Ecclesiastical.
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| 5. | Heraldry. pairle. |
| 6. | Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal. |
| 7. | Archaic. a garment, esp. a robe, cloak, or the like. |
| 8. | to cover with or as with a pall. |
