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veil⋅ing

[vey-ling]

–noun

1.	an act of covering with or as if with a veil.

a veil.

3.	a thin net for veils.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see veil, -ing ¹

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veil

[veyl]

–noun

1.	a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.

2.	a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun.

3.	the life of a nun, esp. a cloistered life.

4.	something that covers, separates, screens, or conceals: a veil of smoke; the veil of death.

5.	a mask, disguise, or pretense: to find fault under a veil of humor.

6.	Botany, Anatomy, Zoology. a velum.

7.	Mycology. a membrane that covers the immature mushroom of many fungi and breaks apart as the mushroom expands, leaving distinctive remnants on the cap, stalk, or stalk base.

8.	Scot. and North England. a caul.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.

10.	to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions.

–verb (used without object)

11.	to don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries women must veil.

—Idiom

12.	take the veil, to become a nun.

Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME veile < AF < L vēla, neut. pl. (taken in VL as fem. sing.) of vēlum covering; (v.) ME veilen < AF veiler, deriv. of veile

Related forms:

veilless, adjective

veillike, adjective

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veil (vāl)

A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
1. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
2. The life or vows of a nun.
3. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
4. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
1. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
2. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.