yashmak

Example Sentences

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The dress of all, both men and women, is strange and hideous, and one looks in vain for the well-folded turban, or the decent modest yashmak.

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

Sime he had hopelessly lost, as around fountain and flower-bed, arbour and palm trunk he leapt in pursuit of the elusive yashmak.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

She suddenly withdraws the yashmak, shines upon your heart and soul with all the pomp and might of her beauty.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

A pretty girl wearing a yashmak, who, with two similarly attired companions, was making her way to the entrance, attracted his attention; she seemed to be on the point of swooning.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

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