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shawl
[shawl] 
–noun
| a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, esp. by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness. |
Origin:
1655–65; < Pers shāl
1655–65; < Pers shāl
Related forms:
shawlless, adjective
shawllike, adjective
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| shawl (shôl) n. A square or oblong piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders. tr.v. shawled, shawl·ing, shawls To cover with or as if with such a piece of cloth. [Persian shāl, ultimately from Sanskrit śāṭī, cloth, sari.] |
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Shawl
Shawl\, n. [Per. & Hind. sh[=a]l: cf. F. ch[^a]le.] A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. Shawl goat (Zo["o]l.), the Cashmere goat.Shawl
Shawl\, v. t. To wrap in a shawl. --Thackeray.
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Language Translation for : shawl
Spanish:
chal,
German:
das Umhängetuch,
Japanese:
ショール
shawl
1662, originally of a type of scarf worn in Asia, from Urdu and other Indian languages, from Pers. shal, sometimes said to be named for Shaliat, town in India where it was first manufactured. Cf. Fr. châle, Sp. chal, It. scialle, Ger. Shawl (from Eng.), Rus. shal, all ult. from the same source. As the name of an article of clothing worn by Western women, it is recorded from 1767.
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shawl
square, oblong, or triangular protective or ornamental article of dress worn, generally by women, over the shoulders, neck, or head. It has been a common article of clothing in most parts of the world since antiquity. The period of the 19th century up to the 1870s, when the fashion silhouette changed, was known as the "shawl period" because women in Europe and America wore shawls with almost all their clothing. At the beginning of that century, shawls were a necessity in a fashionable woman's wardrobe because dresses were thin and decollete; it was a sign of gentility to wear a shawl gracefully.
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