Shawl (?), n. [Per. & Hind. shal: cf. F. chale.]
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 Zool., the Cashmere goat.
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Shawl, v. t.
To wrap in a shawl.
Thackeray.
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