different between shawl vs serape

English

Etymology

Via Hindi ??? (??l) and Urdu ???? (??l), ultimately from Persian ???? (šâl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

shawl (plural shawls)

1. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]
2. A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.

Derived terms

• beshawled

Translations

Verb

shawl (third-person singular simple present shawls, present participle shawling, simple past and past participle shawled)

1. (transitive) To wrap in a shawl.

Anagrams

• Walsh

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English shillen, from Old English s?ylian, s?ilian.

Verb

shawl

1. to shell

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• sarape
• zarape

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish serape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?????pe?/

Noun

serape (plural serapes)

1. A type of blanket worn as a cloak, especially by Spanish-Americans, or used as a saddle blanket.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, 2007, unnumbered page,

     Could be, said John Grady. He took off his hat and lay back and pulled the serape over him.

   • 2004, Brenda Brandt, Fashion, Mark Busby (editor), The Southwest, page 160,

     The serape was an item of Mexican dress that was worn by almost all classes. Made of wool dyed in bright colors and woven either in geometric patterns or plain with borders, a serape was a blanket used as a wrap, and due to the fabric's texture and tight weave, it was almost waterproof. […] A serape was also used as a pillow, mattress, or cover, as well as a saddle blanket. Another body covering, the poncho, was similar to the serape but more rounded and not necessarily woven of wool.

   • 2004, Charles Raymond Dillon, End of the Beginning, page 95,

     “Diego, my son, fill your serape with the red roses growing at your feet and take them to the bishop,” she told him.

Derived terms

• serape effect

See also

• poncho

Anagrams

• A-per-se, Parsee, Pearse, peares, prease, rapees

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??ape/, [se??a.pe]

Noun

serape m (plural serapes)

1. (Mexico) blanket or rug
2. (Mexico) serape