/ ʃɔːl; NAmE / noun
a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Urdu and Persian šāl , probably from Shāliāt , the name of a town in India.
/ ʃɔːl; NAmE / noun
a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Urdu and Persian šāl , probably from Shāliāt , the name of a town in India.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005