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shawl


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shawl  \Shawl\,  v.  t. 
  To  wrap  in  a  shawl.  --Thackeray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shawl 
  n  :  an  oblong  piece  of  cloth  used  to  cloak  the  head  and 
  shoulders 




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