haik

American  

[hahyk, hayk] / haɪk, heɪk /

Or haick

noun

1. an oblong cloth used as an outer garment by the Arabs.

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haik British  

/ heɪk, haɪk /

noun

1. an Arab's outer garment of cotton, wool, or silk, for the head and body

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Etymology

Origin of haik

1605–15; < Arabic hā'ik, hayk, akin to ḥāk weave

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Example Sentences

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haik

One night last week, when Djamila, other relatives, and neighbors trooped homeward, the group also included an extra, heavily cloaked figure in a Moslem woman's head-to-foot white haik.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she heard the first handfuls of sand fall on the haik, she gave a sharp cry.

From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit

She must drop the veil," the man continued clearly, "and give up the haik and wear the new clothes.

From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds

They are veiled when in public, and in the north of Africa wear a striped white shawl, called a haik, of coarser or finer material, according to the wealth or position of the wearer.

From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard

It was a tall man with haik over his turban, and blue selam on top of a yellow kaftan.

From The Blind Mother and The Last Confession by Sir Hall Caine

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