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Definition: Whittle shawl
Whittle
\Whit"tle\, n. [AS. hw[=i]tel, from hwit white; akin to
Icel. hv[=i]till a white bed cover. See
White.]
(a) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in
the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or
shawl. --C. Kingsley.
(b) Same as
Whittle shawl, below.
[1913 Webster]
Whittle shawl, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and
especially a white one.
[1913 Webster]