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

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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

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 Reynolds, Mack

Then I quickly drew the haik over the brown face and laid the body of the child in the hollow.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

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 Caine, Hall, Sir

At least half the women still wore the haik and veil, half the men the burnoose.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack