yashmak

Example Sentences

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On her head she wore a white turban; from her forehead a veil, or yashmak, of purple wool fell down to her shoulders.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

Her bewitching eyes peeped through two holes in a muslin yashmak spangled with silver stars.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton

Here you, my dear, Emruld, put your yashmak up a bit higher.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

I hurried down therefore from my chamber just as I was, forgetting even in my excitement to throw my yashmak over me, and crossing the narrow yard between our houses, I entered the Emir's garden.

From Tales of the Caliph by Crellin, H. N.

As our caique again glided swiftly down the stream, we passed many similar vessels, containing seven or eight Turkish women each, and up went the yashmak at our approach.

From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by Auldjo, John