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Definition of Shawl

Shawl
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 Shawl, v. t. To wrap in a shawl. --Thackeray.

Meaning of Shawl from wikipedia

- A shawl (from Persian: شال shāl) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head...
- pashmina may refer either to the material or to the variant of the Kashmir shawl that is made from it. Both cashmere and pashmina come from the same goat...
- sheep to shawl contest involves multiple teams that shear a sheep, spin the fleece into yarn, ply the yarn, and then weave it into a shawl. The winning...
- Prayer shawl may refer to: Tallit, in Judaism A prayer cloth in Christianity, used as a sacramental among adherents of various denominations. A mantilla...
- Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Galway Shawl "The Galway Shawl" is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship...
- The Shawl is a four-act play by David Mamet. It premiered at the Goodman Theatre New Theatre Company in Chicago in 1985. The play concerns two men, John...
- The term Galway shawl (Irish: seál na Gaillimhe) usually refers to a specific type of heavyweight shawl that was worn by Irish women during the colder...
- Black Shawl or Tasina Sapewin (Lakota: Tȟašína Sápa Wiŋ, lit. 'Black-Blanket-Woman') was the wife of Crazy Horse, whom she married in 1871. She was Crazy...
- Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many were made of intricately...
- "The Shawl" is a short story first published by Cynthia Ozick in 1980 in The New Yorker. It tells the story of three characters: Rosa, Magda, and Stella...