Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. 2. (v. t.) To wrap in a shawl. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHAWL shol: the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "shawls" for the King James Version "wimples" in Isaiah 3:22. See DRESS.

Multi-Version Concordance Shawl (2 Occurrences) Ruth 3:15 He said, "Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it." She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and he went into the city. (See NIV) Song of Songs 5:7 The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. (See NAS)