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shawling

shawling noun: an act of wrapping in a shawl. Also the present participle and gerund of shawl.

Noun

shawling (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...

Also used as

shawling is also the present participle and gerund of shawl.

Forms of shawling

pluralshawlings

Questions about shawling

What does shawling mean?
Shawling means an act of wrapping in a shawl.
What part of speech is shawling?
Shawling is a noun.
What is the plural of shawling?
The plural of shawling is shawlings.

Words near shawling in the dictionary

  1. shawled
  2. shawlette
  3. shawlettes
  4. Shawley
  5. Shawleys
  6. shawling
  7. shawlings
  8. shawlless
  9. shawllike
  10. shawls
  11. shawlwise

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