unshawl

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verb

To remove one's shawl.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbunshawl (third-person singular simple present unshawls, present participle unshawling, simple past and past participle unshawled)

present singular third person unshawls · participle present unshawling · participle past unshawled · past unshawled

  1. intransitiveTo remove one's shawl.

    And now Caroline had to usher them upstairs, to help them to unshawl, smooth their hair, and make themselves smart; […]

    1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, page 175
  2. transitiveTo remove a shawl from.

    She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]

    1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453

Origin

From un- + shawl.

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APA

unshawl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshawl

MLA

“unshawl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshawl. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unshawl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshawl.

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