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shawling, vbl. n.|ˈʃɔːlɪŋ|
[f. shawl v. and n. + -ing1.]
1. The action of covering with, putting on, or wearing a shawl.
1815Scott Guy M. xxix, I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings, with some little suspicion. 1822Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 144 His cloakings and shawlings are worse than any cold. 1824― Village I. 252 The shawlings, the cloakings, the cloggings! the cautions against cold, or heat, or rain, or sun! 1861Sala Tw. round Clock 237 Nor during..the dancing, the supper, the shawling, the departure, and the drive home to his chambers.
2. The material of a shawl.
c1806Mrs. Sherwood in Life xx. (1847) 346 A skull-cap of rich shawling, or embroidered silk. |