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Shawl vs Shawled - What's the difference?

shawl | shawled |

As a noun shawl

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

As a verb shawl

is to wrap in a shawl.

As an adjective shawled is

dressed in a shawl.

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

    shawled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dressed in a shawl.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 14, author=Caroline Elkins, title=A Life Exposed, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Properly top-hatted and shawled , men and women of Britain’s upper crust gawked at, prodded and squeezed these so-called human freaks, amusing themselves with the deformities that were paraded before them. }}