yashmak

Example Sentences

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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

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

Its adoption is most probably connected with the Oriental veil or yashmak of the Eastern women.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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

He probably knew us by sight, for we had constantly met him and the lady with the thick yashmak.

From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)