head shawl

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• shawl — [ ʃɔl ] noun count a large piece of material that is worn by a woman around her shoulders or on her head: a lace shawl …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shawl — [ʃo:l US ʃo:l] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Persian; Origin: shal] a piece of cloth, in a square or ↑triangular shape, that is worn around the shoulders or head, especially by women …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shawl — ► NOUN ▪ a large piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby. DERIVATIVES shawled adjective. ORIGIN Urdu and Persian, probably from Sh li t, a town in India …   English terms dictionary

• shawl — [shôl] n. [prob. via Urdu < Pers shāl, after ? Shāliāt, town in India where produced] an oblong or square cloth worn, esp. by women, as a covering for the head or shoulders …   English World dictionary

• shawl — shawlless, adj. shawllike, adj. /shawl/, n. 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 …   Universalium

• Shawl — A shawl (Persian شال, Shāl, from Sanskrit: साडी śāṭī [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/39/S0323900.html Shawl in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000] ] ) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the… …   Wikipedia

• shawl — UK [ʃɔːl] / US [ʃɔl] noun [countable] Word forms shawl : singular shawl plural shawls a large piece of material that is worn by a woman around her shoulders or on her head a lace shawl …   English dictionary

• shawl — I. noun Etymology: Persian shāl Date: 1662 a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders II. transitive verb Date: 1812 to wrap in or as if in a shawl …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shawl — [[t]ʃɔ͟ːl[/t]] shawls N COUNT A shawl is a large piece of woollen cloth which a woman wears over her shoulders or head, or which is wrapped around a baby to keep it warm …   English dictionary

• shawl — noun (C) a piece of soft cloth, in a square or triangular shape, that is worn around the shoulders or head, especially by women: an embroidered shawl …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• shawl — /ʃɔl / (say shawl) noun a piece of material, worn as a covering for the shoulders, head, etc., chiefly by women, in place of coat or hat, sometimes as a decoration. {Persian shāl} …