: a square or oblong usually fabric garment or wrapper used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders
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Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Spring temps can be unpredictable, so don’t forget to add on a pashmina-style shawl and some statement earrings.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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Noun
Imhof plays with scale, as two breaching dolphins appear slight in the distant right, while a third comparatively miniature figure, stands in the water to the left, grasping a stretched dolphin with outsized hands and draping it over their shoulders like a shawl.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Spring temps can be unpredictable, so don’t forget to add on a pashmina-style shawl and some statement earrings.
—Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
He was also known for living an ascetic lifestyle, often dressing in a loincloth and shawl only.
—Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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“Shawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shawl. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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shawl
1 of 2 noun
: a square or oblong piece of woven or knitted fabric used especially as a covering for the head or shoulders
shawl
2 of 2 verb
: to wrap in or as if in a shawl
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