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Definition of haik in English: haik(also haick) noun heɪkˈhɑːɪkhīk A large wrap, typically white, worn by people from North Africa. （北非人用来包裹身体的）白罩袍 Example sentencesExamples - Later, when it is cooler, women covered by their haiks chat beneath the walls while their children play on the short-barrelled cannons, which guard the high key-hole entrance to the old town.
- The haik drapes them from head to foot, and is worn over loose pants, which are gathered at the ankle.
- He had on six haiks and two heavy djellabs.
- Women wear a haik (a long piece of cloth draped over the entire body and head).
- There is something strange about this; the women of northern countries cut their dresses out in the neck, they go about bare-headed and bare-armed, while the women of the South cover themselves with vests, haicks, pelisses, and warm garments of every description.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Arabic ḥā'ik. Rhymesalike, bike, hike, like, mic, mike, mislike, pike, psych, psyche, shrike, spike, strike, trike, tyke, Van Dyck, vandyke Definition of haik in US English: haik(also haick) nounhīk A large outer wrap, typically white, worn by people from North Africa. （北非人用来包裹身体的）白罩袍 Example sentencesExamples - Women wear a haik (a long piece of cloth draped over the entire body and head).
- There is something strange about this; the women of northern countries cut their dresses out in the neck, they go about bare-headed and bare-armed, while the women of the South cover themselves with vests, haicks, pelisses, and warm garments of every description.
- Later, when it is cooler, women covered by their haiks chat beneath the walls while their children play on the short-barrelled cannons, which guard the high key-hole entrance to the old town.
- The haik drapes them from head to foot, and is worn over loose pants, which are gathered at the ankle.
- He had on six haiks and two heavy djellabs.
OriginEarly 18th century: from Arabic ḥā'ik. |