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

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

The stranger said clearly, "And drop the veil, discard the haik for the new clothing, and attend the schools?"

From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds

For Ibrahim that night was unwell, and was sleeping smothered in his haik.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens

In figure he was slight and perhaps a trifle under the middle height, and the haik was drawn close over his forehead to shield him from the sun.

From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason

Her haik had fallen to the ground and little Galé, rolled up in a ball, was asleep on it.

From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit