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‖ yashmak|ˈjæʃmæk|
Also -mack, -mac, yasmak, yachmak (erron. yakmak, yaknack).
[Arab. yashmaq.]
The double veil concealing the part of the face below the eyes, worn by Muslim women in public.
1844Kinglake Eothen iii. 47 note, The yashmak..is not a mere, semi-transparent veil, but rather a good substantial petticoat applied to the face. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xviii, We let their bodies go abroad liberally enough, with smiles and ringlets and pink bonnets to disguise them instead of veils and yakmaks. 1885Times 25 May 10 A Turkish lady is shocked if a strange man sees her without a yashmak. 1895P. Hemingway Out of Egypt ii. 167, I gave her [sc. an old Arab woman] a cigarette, and she consented to accept a light from me, raising her yashmak for a moment.
Hence ˈyashmaked a., wearing a yashmak.
1904Oxenham Weaver of Webs xiii, The simple pleasure of exciting the envious admiration of their yashmaked and unemancipated sisters. |