yashmak
Example Sentences
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Peeping over the balconies may be seen black eyes that gleam above the yashmak or Oriental veil worn by the poorer classes.
From The Critic in the Orient by George Hamlin Fitch
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 Sax Rohmer
With that he laid an intense grip on the concealing yashmak, tore it away, and so revealed the closely shaven, ghastly hued countenance of the cornered criminal.
From Cleek, the Master Detective by Thomas W. Hanshew
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 Thomas W. Hanshew
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 Isaac Newton Stevens
