yashmak

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With sidelong and suspicious looks on Russia, Austria cast, Which scarce her yashmak serves to hide, see Turkey gliding past.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 by Various

The more I thought over it the more I realized what an excellent thing to cover a bearded face a yashmak is.

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.

It was that of a woman who wore the black silk dress and the white yashmak of the Moslem, and who was bending forward looking into the room.

From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax

A white yashmak trimmed with gold tissue concealed the lower part of her face.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax

But the woman did not smile; he could see that much through the gauzy yashmak, and her eyes grew grave and her forehead contracted.

From An American Suffragette by Stevens, Isaac Newton