shawln.
/ʃɔːl/, U.S. /ʃɔl/, /ʃɑl/ 1. An article of dress worn by Asian people (commonly as a scarf, turban, or girdle), consisting of an oblong piece of a material manufactured in Kashmir from the hair of the Tibetan ‘shawl-goat’ (see Compounds 2).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > other
shawl1662
zebra1819
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vi. 316 The richer sort have..another rich Skarf which they call Schal, made of a very fine stuff, brought by the Indians into Persia.
1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 123 They had such colour'd clothes as in Persia they call Scial, and use for girdles, but the Indians wear them cross the shoulders.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 37 At all times when they go abroad, they were a Chal which is a kind of toilet of very fine Wool made at Cachmir.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvi. 50 And when they go abroad, they [women] wear a Shaul folded up, or a Piece of white cotton Cloth lying loose on the Top of their Heads.
1792 tr. Rochon's Madagascar in Pinkerton Voy. (1814) XVI. 760 There are few oriental travellers who are not acquainted with those fine woollen stuffs known in Bengal by the name of shawls, which the Mahometans use for turbans.
1903 A. H. Layard Autobiogr. I. iii. 145 A thick shawl in endless folds round their waists.
2.
a. As the name of an article of clothing worn in Europe and the West, chiefly by women as a covering for the shoulders or, sometimes, for the head; originally applied to the imported ‘cashmere shawl’ (= sense 1 above: see cashmere n.), but in later use extended to denote an oblong or square piece of any textile or netted fabric, whether of wool, silk, cotton, or mixtures of these.The imported ‘cashmere shawls’ had usually elaborate patterns, in which a prominent feature was a peculiar ornament shaped something like a pear, with the narrow end continued into a curve. These patterns are often imitated in ‘shawls’ of European manufacture.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > shawl
toilet1664
shawl1767
wrapper1838
Paisley1849
spread1857
throw1887
1767 L. Sterne Let. 30 Mar. in Lett. 1765–8 (2009) 568 I dream'd..that thou cam'st into the room with a shaul in thy hand..you folded the shaul about my waist.
1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 67 485 The Shauls all come from Cassemire..[their] material the produce of a Thibet sheep.
1782 European Mag. & London Rev. July 68/2 Many a lady shrouded in a Shrawl [? read Shawl].
1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 44 Those fashionable handkerchiefs, which the English ladies have of late years worn under the name of shauls.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 544 The servants..were unfolding for her notice a rich, and remarkable Indian shawl.
1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxxxi. 42 The count was at her elbow with her shawl.
1834 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce (ed. 2) (at cited word) The finest Edinburgh and Paisley shawls.
1840 H. Malcom Trav. 9/1 The thin cotton shawls covering not only the whole person but the head, are lent them every morning to wear in school, and kept beautifully white.
1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. ix. 214 Miss Oldcastle appeared in her bonnet and shawl.
1902 A. Terton Lights & Shadows in Hosp. ix. 139 I just wropped the baby up in a shawl.
b. Worn round the neck as a protection from cold.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > other
pilgrim1740
shawl1834
neck ribbon1841
waterfall1848
Toby-frill1882
1834 Baboo I. xii. 208 Fold your shawl close round your throat.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ix. 84 Emma, give Mr. Pickwick a shawl to tie round his neck.
1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight vii. 85 A gentleman with a very shiny hat, a very long shawl, and an indefinite quantity of thick great-coats.
3. [Anglo-Irish.] A common prostitute. Cf. shawlie n. slang.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 301 Blind to the world up in a shebeen in Bride street after closing time, fornicating with two shawls.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive.
a.
shawl-cloth n.
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1841 H. H. Wilson Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck II. 169 A strong shawl-cloth called Patu.
shawl counterpane n.
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1791 in Trans. Soc. Arts (1792) 10 196 A Shawl Counterpane, four yards square.
shawl girdle n.
ΚΠ
1844 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross (1846) II. xvii. 251 The [Turkish] smugglers gathered round the door of the tent, their shawl girdles stuck full of pistols and yataghans.
shawl goods n.
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a1792 G. Forster Journ. Bengal to Eng. (1798) II. xiii. 19 A portion of the revenue of Kashmire is transmitted to the Afghan capital in shaul goods.
shawl kind n.
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1835 Court Mag. 6 p. ii/1 The fronts are trimmed with a lappel of the shawl kind, of black velvet or silk.
shawl-pin n.
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1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Shawl-pin, a pin for fastening a shawl.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 10 Her shawl pin and a soiled cuff.
shawl stuff n.
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1841 H. H. Wilson Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck II. 186 An immense variety of articles of shawl-stuff are manufactured in Kashmir, besides the shawls themselves.
shawl turban n.
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1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul Introd. 23 He wore the Persian dress, with a cap and a shawl turban over it.
shawl-weaver n.
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1842 G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir II. 121 A first-rate shawl-weaver will occasionally earn one small rupi a day.
shawl-work n.
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1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 640/2 These stitches originally were used for shawl-work.
shawl wrap n.
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1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 23 You should have your shawl wraps and rug handy for use on deck when it is chilly.
b.
shawl girt n.
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1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lvii. 89 The wild Albanian kirtled to his knee, With shawl-girt head and ornamented gun.
shawl-shaped adj.
ΚΠ
1898 Daily News 2 Apr. 6/5 The shawl-shaped capes.
c.
shawlwise adv.
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 223 When they wear anything on their heads it is a handkerchief folded shawlwise.
C2. Special combinations.† shawl-room n. Obsolete the room for depositing shawls at a place of assembly.
shawl collar n. (see quot. 1960).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > collar > types of
chevesailec1400
roll collar1832
coat-collar1833
bertha1842
step-roll1881
open-neck1894
step-collar1895
button-down1897
turtle-neck1897
Shakespeare collar1907
polo collar1909
shawl collar1913
polo neck1924
mandarin collar1952
petal collar1957
polo1967
1913 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring–Summer 4/3 The graceful shawl collar is edged with whipcord silk.
1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 192/2 Shawl collar, 1820's on..a term denoting a broad turn~over collar of a coat or waistcoat, continuous with the lapels, i.e. without a notch between.
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 106/3 Shawl-collar cardigans are the thing to look for.
shawl-collared adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > collar > types of
roll-collared1839
roll collar1841
roll-neck1897
rolled-neck1911
roll-necked1922
polo neck1930
polo-collared1946
tie-necked1973
shawl-collared1974
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 107/1 Shawl-collared, kimono-style cardigan.
shawl-dance n. a dance originating in the East, in which a shawl or scarf is waved.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > skirt- or shawl-dancing > [noun]
shawl-dance1813
shawl-dancing1813
skirt-dancing1892
skirt-dance1894
1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 171/1 A conversation.., which naturally concludes with a shawl-dance.
1897 ‘Ouida’ Massarenes xxi She had danced her shawl dance on the brink of exposure and bankruptcy.
shawl-dancing n.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > skirt- or shawl-dancing > [noun]
shawl-dance1813
shawl-dancing1813
skirt-dancing1892
skirt-dance1894
1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 171/1 There is a lady, whose character is..marked by her skill in shawl-dancing.
shawl dressing-gown n. a dressing-gown having a shawl-like pattern.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown > other
night-rail1552
peignoir1835
shawl dressing-gown1837
roundabout1856
negligée1862
fire-gown1870
bath-robe1902
bath-gown1909
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xl. 437 The broken down spendthrift in his shawl dressing-gown.
shawl-goat n. a Tibetan goat ( Capra lanigera) which furnishes the wool for making the Indian shawls.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > other types of
goateOE
ibex1607
whidaw goat1781
shawl-goat1793
jaal-goat1838
Nubian1879
Nubian goat1879
Toggenburg1886
Anglo-Nubian1898
Saanen1908
walia1932
1793 T. Baird Gen. View Agric. Middlesex 39 A shawl-goat from the East Indies.
1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 107 The long-haired shawl goat of Tibet.
shawl-handkerchief n. a handkerchief resembling a shawl.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > kerchief > types of
rumal1622
bandana1732
Barcelona1761
pulicat1768
fogle1811
kora1833
shawl-handkerchief1838
web1843
foulard1856
waterman1860
Malabar1882
Monteith1882
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vii. iv. 326 The rest of the party..unmuffled themselves of cloaks and shawl handkerchiefs.
shawl-loom n. a loom for weaving shawls; also, ‘a figure-weaving loom’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other methods of weaving > equipment for
shawl-looma1792
weft fork1851
weft-hook1875
tablet1921
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > figure weaving > loom
shawl-looma1792
draw-loom1808
Jacquard loom1841
witch loom1862
a1792 G. Forster Journ. Bengal to Eng. (1798) II. xiii. 20 The Kashmirians say, that during their subjection to the Mogul dominion, the province contained forty thousand shaul looms.
shawl-material n. (see quot. 1882).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > silk and wool
say1286
Lincoln say1310
filosella1596
filosetta1598
filoselle?c1610
pyramids?c1610
burail1714
buret1714
oraguella1719
puleray1719
tabinet1777
armure1832
shally1840
challis1849
grenadine1852
crêpeline1873
matelassé1881
shawl-material1882
ottoman1883
éolienne1902
Duvetyn1913
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 445 Shawl materials. These are a mixture of silk and wool,..employed for the partial making and trimming of dresses.
shawl-pattern n. a pattern resembling or characteristic of that of an Asian shawl; also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > types of pattern or design generally
Morisk1341
Moresque1458
arabesque1656
Morisco1728
all-over1808
Moresco1823
shawl-pattern1838
repeat pattern1851
repeat1855
unit1855
styling1867
counterchange1888
oriental1897
mosaicking1923
scenic1956
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxii. 35 A coarse, staring, shawl-pattern waistcoat.
1908 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 376 A few words may be said about the patterns of Cashmere shawls... The most characteristic feature..is what has been usually called the ‘cone’ or ‘pine cone’... Sometimes it is simply called the shawl pattern.
shawl-reticule n. ? a reticule made of cashmere bearing a shawl pattern.
ΚΠ
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 291 An imitation shawl reticule, as large as a moderate sac de nuit, and containing..pocket-handkerchiefs for the party, hung upon her arm.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > cloakroom
cloakroom1823
shawl-room1838
locker room1870
check-room1900
cloaks1902
checking-room1910
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice III. viii. ii. 28 The ladies were waiting their carriage in the shawl-room.
shawl-strap n. a pair of leather straps joined to a transverse handle, for carrying shawls, etc.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > strap around forehead > other straps
shawl-strap1873
1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School iii. 48 Tucking the railway guide into the shawl-strap, and closing her bag with a snap.
shawl-waistcoat n. a waistcoat having a pattern resembling that of an Asian shawl.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat > types of
stomacherc1450
wyliecoat1478
waistcoat1585
cheat1688
linder1768
sleeve-waistcoat1825
shawl-waistcoat1840
bawneen1910
slip1933
1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story viii He had a shawl-waistcoat of many colours.
shawl-wool n. the wool of the shawl goat; also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from other animal
Angora1763
shawl-wool1774
alpaca1792
llama1864
shahtoosha1868
qiviut1958
1774 W. Hastings in C. R. Markham Mission of Bogle (1876) 8 The animals called tús, which produce the shawl wool.
1841 H. H. Wilson Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck I. 311 The shawl-wool goat.
1879 Proc. Royal Geog. Soc. 1 449 The export of shawl-wool (pashm) to India [from Tibet] has fallen off.
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shawlv.
/ʃɔːl/, U.S. /ʃɔl/, /ʃɑl/ transitive. To cover with a shawl, put a shawl on (a person). Also absol. (In quots. figurative, of snow.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other
wimple?c1225
pricka1275
clothe1382
addressa1393
haspc1400
to-cloutc1430
shirtc1450
gownc1485
tuft1535
passement1539
kerchief1600
muff1607
inshirt1611
insmock1611
mode1656
costume1802
slop1803
shawl1812
cravat1818
sur-invest1827
frock1828
pinafore1843
smock1847
panoply1851
underclothe1857
upholster1873
fancy dress1878
sleeve1887
to suit up1912
crinoline1915
1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee iii, in Tales Fashionable Life V. 277 Her son assisted Grace Nugent most carefully in shawling miss Broadhurst.
1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto V cxlvii. 208 His highness was..Shawl'd to the nose.
1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt vi We retired to cloak and shawl ourselves.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvii. 237 George had meanwhile very carefully shawled his wife.
1880 L. B. Walford Troublesome Daughters I. i. 18 Evelyn beheld a slight feminine form, shawled and wrapped to the chin.
1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 329/1 She shawled her head and her baby in her sea-blue cloak.
a1953 D. Thomas Prospect of Sea (1955) 97 Our snow was not only shaken in whitewash buckets down the sky, I think it came shawling out of the ground.
Derivatives
ˈshawling adj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > as with clothing
clothing1668
shawling1930
1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 72 Around your rocks you furl the shawling snow.
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