shawling

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noun

An act of wrapping in a shawl.

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Meanings

nounshawling (plural shawlings)

plural shawlings

  1. An act of wrapping in a shawl.

    I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.

    1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shawl
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APA

shawling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shawling

MLA

“shawling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shawling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shawling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shawling.

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