cheche

plural cheches

1. A piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.

   Mossa scrawled his name, pulled his cheche down over his mouth, and actually smiled. ... I wore a blue cheche to filter sand out of the air I was breathing.

   2003. "Outside" Magazine. Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure, W. W. Norton & Company, page 14

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   A pale khaki cheche or desert scarf became popular, worn in various ways at the commander's whim - either looped round the neck, crossed on the chest, or wrapped all around the head and neck...

   1999. Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion 1914-1945, Osprey Publishing, page 43