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Shail vs Shawl - What's the difference?

shail | shawl |

As verbs the difference between shail and shawl

is that shail is (obsolete|intransitive) to walk sideways while shawl is to wrap in a shawl.

As a noun shawl is

a square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders.

shail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To walk sideways.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    shawl

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia shawl) (en noun)
  • A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls , and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,

    Derived terms

    * beshawled

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wrap in a shawl.
    • (Thackeray)

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Persian