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  8. prayer shawl
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  10. prayer scarf

1shawl

noun \ˈshȯl\

Definition of SHAWL

: a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders
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Origin of SHAWL

Persian shāl
First Known Use: 1662

Rhymes with SHAWL

all, awl, ball, bawl, brawl, call, caul, crawl, doll, drawl, fall, gall, hall, haul, kraal, mall, maul, moll, pall, pawl, Saul, scall, scrawl, small, spall, sprawl, squall, stall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall, yawl

2shawl

transitive verb

Definition of SHAWL

: to wrap in or as if in a shawl

First Known Use of SHAWL

1812

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