to shawl
- verb
- /ʃɔl/
- Lita had gone out onto the deck and was swinging on the low branch of the live oak that curved over it, shawled in silvery Spanish moss.
- shawled woman
Examples
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Dusk crept over the camp, shawling out the last of the western light.
Fiction book (1994) -
The law graduates are shawled in white fur.
Fiction book (1997) -
Shawled, she was in her swirling hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
When her tea was done, Sadie wrapped the jug in a woolen shawl and shawled herself, too, for the long carriage ride.
Fiction book (2002) -
"At first, Bartolomeo mistakes the shawled Garaghty for an Italian, an error that disturbs the Irish woman: "Sure I haven't the face of one, have I?"
Academic text (2003) -
Shaking with cold, I glanced down to pull my skirts and shawl more tightly about my body, and was astonished to see that my dress, a solid white gingham an hour ago, had become a filmy gossamer, an envelope that seemed fully transparent even as it revealed nothing at all.
Fiction book (2002) -
She shawled the baby in a soft, warm blanket before taking her outside.
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After the ceremony, he shawled his mother in a beautiful fabric to keep her warm.
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As the sun set, she shawled herself in a cozy wrap to fend off the evening chill.
Synonyms
38
6.0
To cover something completely, often with a cloth
1
4.7
To wrap a cloth around the neck or shoulders for warmth and style
To cover the head with a loose hood
Compounds
3
7.1
A rectangular cloth with knotted strings on the corners that Jewish people wear during morning prayers
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shawl as a verb comes from the same word shal and means 'to wrap' someone or something in a shawl or cloth. So to shawl is to cover or envelop in the same warm, cloth-like way, which is why we can say a person or even a mountain is 'shawled' in mist.