yashmak

Example Sentences

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A black shawl hung from her head and dangling in its folds the yashmak ready to be slipped on at the approach of the men before whom she must appear veiled.

From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Frederick, Edmund

After all, there's a great deal to be said in favour of the Turkish yashmak.

From The Splendid Folly by Pedler, Margaret

She has very fine eyes, and that's about all I can tell you, sir, because she wears a yashmak.

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

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