shawl

shawl

S0323900 (shôl)n. A usually square, rectangular, or triangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, or shoulders.tr.v. shawled, shawl·ing, shawls To cover with or as if with such a piece of cloth.

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[Persian shāl, ultimately from Sanskrit śāṭī, cloth, sari.]

shawl

(ʃɔːl) n (Clothing & Fashion) a piece of fabric or knitted or crocheted material worn around the shoulders by women or wrapped around a baby[C17: from Persian shāl]

shawl

(ʃɔl)

n. a piece of wool or other fabric worn, esp. by women, about the shoulders and sometimes the head, for warmth or for style. [1655–65;< Persian shāl]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shawl - cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulderscloak - a loose outer garmentprayer shawl, tallith, tallis - (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayersarape, serape - a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men

shawl

nounA garment wrapped about a person:cloak, stole, wrap.

Translations

披巾披肩

shawl

(ʃoːl) noun a piece of fabric used as a covering for the shoulders etc. 披肩 披巾

shawl

→ 披肩zhCN