I. ˈshȯl noun
( s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Persian shāl
1. : a simple garment or wrapper usually made of a square or oblong piece of fabric (as wool) and used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders or as a light blanket
2. : something that resembles a shawl ; specifically : a section of window glass cut from a glass cylinder and split lengthwise preparatory to flattening
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to wrap in or as if in a shawl
little convoys of overloaded donkeys and gaily shawled women — John Masters
eucalypt forests shawled the quiet earth — June Hartnett
hostility … carefully shawled under her function as hostess — Elizabeth M. Roberts