Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.
Etymologies
- British military use, from Arabic شماغ (šmāġ). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“EVAN: And the only way I found that I can handle this summer after summer is I take what's called a shemagh, which is a traditional Afghani headwear, and I dip it in water in my cooler and I wrap it around my neck.”
“I hear that whats above the shemagh is yer own, what's below it is the army's.”
“Throw this idiot in the Sinai desert for a few days with nothing but a shemagh and a bottle of water.”
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“Across my mouth was tied my shemagh, a square piece of cloth.”
“There was no wind outside, but I outfitted myself with AFG's shemagh to keep rogue sprays and wasps from most of my face.”
“For the record, I wore a black and white shemagh/keffiyeh through most of the dustier parts of Afghanistan while serving with the United States Army there.”
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“One team is wearing shemagh headdresses, the other is wearing camouflage.”
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“On looking forward to going: I think dressed in the same uniform as numerous other people, thousands of other people in Afghanistan will give me one of the best chances to be just a normal person: with a helmet on, with a shemagh scarf with goggles on, whatever.”
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“Men shoppers are either dressed in the traditional long white dresses called thobes, topped off with the red checked scarf (shemagh), or they might CHOOSE to wear jeans and a T-shirt.”
“Point, you can't make a shemagh look smart without an iqal.”
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