shawl
noun /ʃɔːl/
/ʃɔːl/
- a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby
enlarge imageExtra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc1- Ruth draped a shawl over her shoulders.
- Ellianne wrapped the shawl around her shoulders.
- She pulled her shawl about her protectively.
- She was wearing a shawl tied around her waist.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- light
- thin
- …
- be draped in
- be wrapped in
- drape
- …
- cover something
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Urdu and Persian šāl, probably from Shāliāt, the name of a town in India.
