a1817 J. L. Burckhardt (1822) 438 These rags happening to be of white linen, some of the ladies..thought they might serve to make a Berkoa, or face veil.
1930 A. Clarke (1963) 67 They wear the face-veil.
2006 14 Oct. 2/1 The current controversy over Muslim women who wear the face veil or niqab.