shawl UK /ʃɔːl/US /ʃɒl/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.She wears her shawl when it's cold outside. •A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting. verb1 •To wrap in a shawl.Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment , where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life — 1847 formsshawled · shawling · shawls
