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‖ romal|rəʊˈmɑːl|
Also 7–9 romall, 8 ro(e)maal, 9 roomal(l, -maul, romel, rumal.
[Urdū (Persian) rūmāl, f. rū face + māl wiping.]
1. A silk or cotton square or handkerchief, sometimes used as a head-dress; a thin silk or cotton fabric with a handkerchief pattern.
1683Lond. Gaz. No. 1791/4, 12 Pieces of Romals or Sea Hankerchiefs. 1696J. F. Merch. Wareho. laid open 35 Romals, of which there are usually three sorts,..there is Silk Romals, there is Romals Garrub and Cotton Romals. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxiii. 6 Radnugur, famous for manufacturing Cotton Cloth, and Silk Romaals, or Handkerchiefs. 1788A. Falconbridge Afr. Slave Trade 54 Gold-dust, for which the Europeans give them goods, such as pieces of India chintz, basts, romals, guns. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 12/2 The imports consisted in that year [1839] of 503,182 pieces of bandannoes, romals, and silk handkerchiefs.
2. The handkerchief or bandage used by Indian Thugs to strangle their victims.
1836Sleeman Ramaseeana 145 It was Fatima who invented the use of the roomal to strangle the great demon Rukut-beej-dana. 1841P. Parley's Ann. II. 374 He then seized the romel, and dexterously twisted it round the neck of his brother. |