The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - veiln.

1) covering, cover, screen, camouflage, cloak, curtain, mask, shroud: A veil of silence has been drawn over the meetings. He stole away under the veil of darkness. --v. 2) cover, conceal, hide, camouflage, cloak, mask, disguise, shroud, shield, obscure: The writer's identity was veiled from us till recently.