shawl

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shawl

/ʃɔːl/ UK
/ʃoːl/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/ʃɔl/ US
/ʃɑl/ US, cot caught merger
/ʃɒl/ Canada
/ʃɔl/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɔːl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi शाल (śāl) / Urdu شال (śāl)), from Classical Persian شال (šāl). Doublet of sari through Sanskrit.

noun shawls

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. She wears her shawl when it's cold outside.
A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

verb shawls · shawling · shawled

transitive To wrap in a shawl. Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment , where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: scarf, sash, wrap, sling, muffler, mantle, mantilla, stole, pashmina, dupatta, serape, capelet, haik, shrug, rebozo, ruana

Translations

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noun a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders

Español	chal, pañolón, mantilla, mantón, rebozo, manteleta
한국어	숄 syol
日本語	ショール shōru, 肩巾 hire
中文	圍巾 /围巾 wéijīn
हिन्दी	शाल śāl
Kiswahili	kikoi
Português	xale, xaile
Français	châle
Deutsch	Schal
Italiano	scialle
Ελληνικά	σάλι sáli
Română	șal
Русский	плато́к platók, шаль šalʹ
العربية	شَال šāl
עברית	של shal

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@misc{shawl_2026,
  title = {shawl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shawl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}