How would you describe the burqa?

The burqa is a head covering.

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He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it.

Mariam had never before worn a burqa. Rasheed had to help her put it on. The padded headpiece felt tight and heavy on her skull, and it was strange seeing the world through a mesh screen. She practiced walking around her room in it and kept stepping on the hem and stumbling. The loss of peripheral vision was unnerving, and she did not like the suffocating way the pleated cloth kept pressing against her mouth.