Main entry: head covering, veil
Definition: a garment that covers the head and face
Main entry: humeral veil, veil
Definition: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
Main entry: embryonic membrane, veil, caul
Definition: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Definition: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Main entry: obliterate, obscure, veil, blot out, hide
Definition: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Usage: a hidden message; a veiled threat
Main entry: veil
Definition: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
Usage: women in Afghanistan veil their faces