vail

/veษชl/

IPA: /V EY1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    Profit; return; proceeds.

  2. 2

    (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

noun
  1. 1

    Submission.

verb
  1. 1

    To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

  2. 2

    To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

  3. 3

    To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

  4. 4

    (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

noun
  1. 1

    Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

  2. 2

    A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

  3. 3

    The calyptra of mosses.

  4. 4

    A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

  5. 5

    A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

    โ€œa nun's veilโ€

  6. 6

    Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)

  7. 7

    A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

  8. 8

    An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

verb
  1. 1

    To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

  2. 2

    To conceal as with a veil.

    โ€œThe forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vail