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shawl
[ shawl ]
noun
- a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially 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.
shawl
/ ʃɔː /
noun
- a piece of fabric or knitted or crocheted material worn around the shoulders by women or wrapped around a baby
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ɱl adjective
- ɱl adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shawl1
First recorded in 1655–65, shawl is from the Persian word
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shawl1
C17: from Persian
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The Basotho wear them as shawls at special events and give them as gifts.
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Marwa said she and another friend tried to help the injured person by wrapping a shawl around the man's shoulder "so that he wouldn't bleed so much".
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The cries of infants tied by shawls to their queueing mothers' backs fill the air.
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On a chilly December morning, a group of women wrapped in colourful saris, warm shawls and woollen caps huddled outside a three-storey building in a busy neighbourhood in Delhi.
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His father was a shawl weaver and his mother was a cotton winder.
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