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Definition of Chador
1. Noun. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
Definition of Chador
1. Noun. A loose robe, made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by Muslim women, especially in Iran. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chador
1. a large shawl [n -DORS or -DRI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chador
Literary usage of Chador
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India by Robert Montgomery Martin (1838)
"A chador or cotton sheet for the cold weather 2. ... 2 Uroni or chador 5.
2 Turbans 2. 4 Gelap or sheets to throw round the shoulders in cold weather 10 ..."
2. India: Its Condition, Religion, and Missions by James Bradbury (1884)
"The chador, of one and a-half or two breadths, is thrown over the left shoulder,
... Persons who are extremely poor have no chador, and only a very small ..."
3. Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge by Pepe Escobar (2007)
"Occasionally, a chador-clad woman—a war widow—breaks down into pungent wailing:
she cannot produce the stamp, ..."
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