YASHMAKS Synonyms

• a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women

• a headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face

• the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home

• a face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women

• a state of social isolation

• the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded

• a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

• a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration

• a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end

• masturbate while strangling oneself

• unite by a scarf joint

• wrap in or adorn with a scarf

• a garment that covers the head and face

• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• the face veil worn by Muslim women