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A veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public.
‘The yashmak is tied around the back of the head with string and is sometimes also supported over the nose by a small piece of gold.’
‘I go to the South of France and I don't wear a yashmak, but I do wear factor 15 suncream.’
‘‘As soon as they leave, I'm taking off my hat,’ he said, tipping his red baseball cap emblazoned with the corps' emblem, ‘and putting on a yashmak,’ the head scarf sometimes worn by resistance fighters.’
‘There were 79 women, 11 with heads uncovered, the rest split between headscarves and black flowing abayas; 11 Shia turbans, 22 yashmaks, one Kurdish tribal headwrap and a sea of Western suits.’
‘Patricia has taken to wearing a yashmak to increase her allure.’
‘Your yarmulke or your yashmak needn't be discarded; they will become American things.’