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

"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

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

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 Sir Hall Caine

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 Mack Reynolds