different between shawl vs tabard

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

Etymology

From Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.

Noun

tabard (plural tabards)

1. A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
2. A woman's or girl's sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
3. (obsolete) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
4. (obsolete) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
5. (obsolete) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.

Derived terms

• tabarded

Translations

See also

• surcoat
• scapular

Anagrams

• batard

French

Noun

tabard m (plural tabards)

1. tabard

Further reading

• “tabard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).