haik
See also: Haik
English
Alternative forms
Noun
haik (plural haiks)
- A covering for the head and body worn by Arabs.
- 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, VI:
- Woollen hayks for garments are manufactured here of a curious texture, extremely light and fine, called El Haik Filelly.
- 1809, James Grey Jackson, An Account of the Empire of Marocco, VI:
References
- Oxford English Reference 1996