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Webster 1913 Edition
Haik
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Haik
(hāk; Ar. hä-ē̍k)
, Noun.
[Ar.
hāïk
, fr. hāka
to weave.] A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
[Written also
hyke
.] Heyse.
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English
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