yasmak

They were received by Major Craufurd as a stately omda, and by the second in command as a "bint" with head-dress, yasmak gown and beribboned pyjama trousers.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

A pair of pistols and a curved _yasmak_ were in his belt.

Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Stephen Leacock 1906

Some of these girls scrupulously screen their faces from the public eye; others roguishly remove the yasmak when a European smiles at them, and tinkle their silver bracelets as full of roguery as a Viennese.

Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

On one side the observer is jostled by a liveried servant all silver braid and bright buttons, and on the other by an Arab in loose white robe and scarlet turban; now by a woman with her face half-concealed beneath her yasmak, and now by one scarce clothed at all; by jaunty Greeks in theatrical costume, and cunning Jews with keen, searching eyes; by tempting flower-girls, and by shriveled old crones who importune for alms; by Franks, Turks, and

Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Maturin Murray Ballou 1857