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

Ugliness there may be, enough and to spare, inside these white cities—it oozes out sometimes; but as far as possible let a haik and a blank wall enshroud it all in mystery.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

Ali said nothing, but drew up his haik over his mouth and nose, and looked into the night, folding his thin hands in his burnous.

From The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe Hichens

"I didna, but I wish you would take your arm off the haik."

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

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