shawl : Idioms & Phrases

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Camel's-hair shawl

  • . A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.
Webster 1913

Cashmere shawl

  • a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; other called camel's-hair shawl.
Webster 1913

India shawl

  • a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together.
Webster 1913

prayer shawl

  • noun (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer
    tallis; tallith.
WordNet

Shawl goat

  • (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.
Webster 1913

Whittle shawl

  • a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
Webster 1913

Zephyr shawl

  • a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton.
Webster 1913