shawling
present participle of shawl
shawling (plural shawlings)
An act of wrapping in a shawl.
• whalings
Source: Wiktionary
Shawl, n. Etym: [Per. & Hind. shal: cf. F. châle.]
Definition: 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. India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together.
– Shawl goat (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.
Shawl, v. t.
Definition: To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
