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kaffiyeh

n. (alternative spelling of keffiyeh English)

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kaffiyeh

n. an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal

Usage examples of "kaffiyeh".

Jalid reached behind him and pulled the tail of his fringed kaffiyeh around to his mouth.

Memnon was busy and crowded, but Reiver was as tall as he was skinny, and his kaffiyeh a twist of rags every color of the rainbow, so Amber and Hakiim could spot him bobbing amidst the market day crowd.

Bundling his kaffiyeh in his hands, Reiver disappeared under an arched doorway.

Reiver, meanwhile, unrolled his blanket bundle, then rolled his ratty kaffiyeh and thin vest inside.

His skin was dark as oiled mahogany, his teeth flashing white, and below his kaffiyeh peeked tight brown curls.

This explained why Amber yr Nureh el Kahmir, to use her full name, could don a crimson kaffiyeh and sash with a bold yellow stripe, as decreed by a grateful caleph.

Reiver flipped backward against the mast, Amber jounced off her tiny perch in the stern to sprawl in the bilge, and Hakiim lost his kaffiyeh in the water.

Sun filled the sky at their left, so the travelers tugged down folds of their kaffiyeh to blind that side.

His kaffiyeh was blue and gold with an upright cobra that hissed from his headband.

Bending her shaggy head, Amber retied her kaffiyeh, shouldered her pack and capture noose, and faced the gap in the rocks, toward Cursrah.

Raj Ahten wore a white kaffiyeh to keep off the midday sun and to hide the scars on his ruined face.

An hour later, the prince, decked out in long, white Arab robes and a gold-banded kaffiyeh, got behind the wheel of the Azure and sped off.

The entrepreneur was one of those moderns who wanted it both ways, wearing a sports jersey and khakis, but sporting an Arafat kaffiyeh to please the fundamentalists.

The workers wrapped their kaffiyeh headdresses across their faces to keep the sand out of their mouths and noses.

Two large men entered wearing desert fatigues and kaffiyeh headdresses that covered their faces.