What's the difference between shail and shawl?

Shail


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To walk sidewise.

Example Sentences:

Shawl


Definition:

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To wrap in a shawl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A small picture of a pudgy-fingered young woman in a lumpily-painted yellow shawl sold for £16.2m at a Sotheby's auction last night, a record price for the artist - although since the last Vermeer to be auctioned was more than 80 years ago, and there is never likely to be another, a record was no surprise.
  • (2) In the next shot, Bergdahl is standing outside the vehicle, with a shawl over his shoulder, scanning the sky anxiously as two Black Hawk helicopters circle.
  • (3) Throwing the spotlight on male cancer research and doing his bit for shawl collars and sporty necklines.
  • (4) So we spoke in her bedroom, where she sat in pristine nightgown and shawl, in a rocking chair by the gold-curtained window, surrounded by a basket of tapestry wool (she was stitching a complex pattern for an evening bag), a walker, and a half-read Arnold Bennett novel, preparation for her book club – "Do you know, he's surprisingly good."
  • (5) "They were wearing kikwembe (a shawl worn by Congolese women) over their uniforms, and women's headscarves."
  • (6) Helam (she did not give a surname), 22, in her purple shawl, is taking her turn at the pump.
  • (7) Their eyes filled with tears, their hands would shift under their shawls or touch and rub an injury sustained during the attack.
  • (8) However, “like wearing a robe, a cross or a shawl, it is a conspicuous form of ­religious expression, but it needn’t have any impact on the rest of us”.
  • (9) He is equally attracted by lists, such as the one recording the first items ever stolen by a group of young thieves: "Six rabbits, silk shawls from home, a pair of shoes, a Dutch cheese, a few shillings from home, a coat and trousers, a bullock's heart".
  • (10) Sales of knitted or crocheted scarves and shawls also edged down in 2014.
  • (11) Most Afghans seemed to glide up the centre of the lobby staircase with their shawls trailing behind them like Venetian cloaks.
  • (12) In addition, shawl scrotum, nail hypoplasia and linear skin hypoplasia of the lower extremities were noted.
  • (13) You’ll pay more than you would at Old Delhi’s bazaars, but you’ll still get a bargain: Rajasthani leather satchels go for the equivalent of £12, hallmarked silver bracelets start at £14, cashmere shawls are £8, hand-embroidered silk purses £3 and hand-woven wool carpets start at only £8.
  • (14) That melodramatic, all-over-the-shop approach to vocal melody just screamed “hippy” at me, and seemed to be the aural equivalent of shawls, beads, headdresses and candles, all of which I suspected Kate Bush was wearing or surrounded by while she recorded the vocal.
  • (15) It makes me strong.” Francis co-hosted a multi-faith service in the Foundation Hall of the Memorial Museum, a rainbow tableau of robes, skullcaps and shawls.
  • (16) In addition to the well-known characteristics, persistent fetal pads, a shawl scrotum, and a high frequency of fractures were found in several patients.
  • (17) On the green drive from Sete Cidades, we pass a romério of men in rough shawls and bright scarves bearing metal-tipped staffs and chanting prayers whilst pilgrimaging around the island’s many churches.
  • (18) Many had green accessories such as prayer beads, shawls, wristbands and even green nail varnish."
  • (19) She delivered her remarks from a raised platform and said she was wearing a shawl belonging to the late Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto.
  • (20) Another said: "One cleric, among the crowd, wore a green shawl over his shoulders.

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