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

The poor child walked on without saying a word, chewing feebly one corner of her haik which she had drawn over her face.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

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

They were wearing blue turbans above the flowing white "haik" which fell back upon their shoulders, and the white burnous which reached to their ankles.

From The Soul of the War by Gibbs, Philip

They are veiled when in public, and in the north of Africa wear a striped white shawl, called a haik, of coarser or finer material, according to the wealth or position of the wearer.

From Oriental Women by Pollard, Edward Bagby