Shawl
Shawl , noun
[Per. & Hind. shāl: compare French châle.]
A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
Collocations (2)
India shawl , a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together.
Shawl goat (Zoology) , the Cashmere goat.
Shawl , transitive verb
To wrap in a shawl. — Thackeray