haik

American  

[hahyk, heyk] / 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

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

One more delay—outside the Jewish cemetery was standing, waiting for us, the wife of Saïd: many tears were flowing, and sobs to be heard under the haik.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel

Then she's offered a good position if she'll drop the veil, discard the haik, and attend the new schools.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

A plain white haik was wrapped about her; and she had drawn one corner of it over her head.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

It was in fact the haik or bag-cloak of the East, and it made a wonderfully effective Arab costume. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey