Definition of "yashmak" []

• A veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Seems to be what you call yashmak or I mean kismet."
• "The higher the rank the thinner the yashmak is the rule."
• "Verity/Hazlitt/Sidgwick, Careful! your yashmak is slipping!"