yashmak

Example Sentences

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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.

Their faces are veiled with something like the yashmak of Egypt, but it is of plain blue calico, a little embroidered.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

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

She wore no yashmak, for Selim, though professing the Moslem faith, was somewhat lax in carrying out its articles.

From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George

I could not explain myself to them, still less justify, having that miserable veil of reserve close over my mouth, like a yashmak.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry