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

But she knew her place, was dutifully shy and quiet spoken, and in the town or in the presence of men, wore her haik and veil.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack

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

Besides the haik, which is like that of a man’s, a lady wears a linen cloth over her face, to conceal it from the profane vulgar when abroad.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles

A sort of bournouse or haik, of coarse texture and very dirty, was given to each of the others, and some rye cakes baked in the ashes. 

From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary