Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   {Whittle shawl}, a kind of fine woolen shawl, originally and
      especially a white one.