tallith in a sentence
1- According to another opinion, the meil was a long rectangular piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head, very much like a long tallith katan (Ralbag; Tifereth Yisrael, Kelelay Bigdey Kodesh ).
2- They see it as a kind of cape made of a single rectangular piece of cloth, draped over the shoulders like a large tallith , and hanging down to the feet in back.