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shawl

Rectangular, square, or triangular piece of fabric worn around the shoulders, often made of wool, silk, cotton, or lace; it may be plain, printed, or embroidered and is sometimes fringed with tassels around the outer edge.

In the early 1800s shawls were small silk squares. From 1830 onwards they became major fashion items, for indoor and outdoor attire, varying from long narrow shawls in the 1830s-40s to large shawls in the 1850s-60s, which were designed to cover the large crinoline skirts of the period. The popularity of shawls for day and evening wear continued into the 20th century.
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Two footmen, the princess' and his own, stood holding a shawl and a cloak, waiting for the conversation to finish.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She caught the shawl as she spoke, and looked about for the owner: in another moment the White Queen came running wildly through the wood, with both arms stretched out wide, as if she were flying, and Alice very civilly went to meet her with the shawl.
Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context
And then, I think, a shawl was flung over her (it is strange to me to think it was not I who ran after her with the shawl), and she was escorted sternly back to bed and reminded that she had promised not to budge, to which her reply was probably that she had been gone but an instant, and the implication that therefore she had not been gone at all.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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