Толковый словарь английского языка - veil
Veil
veil
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, ~le, from Latin vela, plural of velum sail, awning, curtain Date: 13th century 1. a length of cloth worn by women as a covering for the head and shoulders and often especially in Eastern countries for the face, a length of ~ing or netting worn over the head or face or attached for protection or ornament to a hat or headdress , any of various liturgical cloths, the life of a nun, a concealing curtain or cover of cloth, something that resembles a ~ , a covering body part or membrane: as, velum , caul , II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to cover, provide, obscure, or conceal with or as if with a ~, intransitive verb to put on or wear a ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of usu. more or less transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., esp. to conceal the face or protect against the sun, dust, etc. 2 a piece of linen etc. as part of a nun's head-dress, resting on the head and shoulders. 3 a curtain, esp. that separating the sanctuary in the Jewish Temple. 4 a disguise; a pretext; a thing that conceals (under the veil of friendship; a veil of mist). 5 Photog. slight fogging. 6 huskiness of the voice. 7 = VELUM. --v.tr. 1 cover with a veil. 2 (esp. as veiled adj.) partly conceal (veiled threats). Phrases and idioms beyond the veil in the unknown state of life after death. draw a veil over avoid discussing or calling attention to. take the veil become a nun. Derivatives veilless adj. Etymology: ME f. AF veil(e), OF voil(e) f. L vela pl. of VELUM ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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