Definition of vail

• n. & v. t. - Same as Veil.
• n. - Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
• n. - An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
• n. - Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
• v. t. - To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
• v. t. - To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
• v. i. - To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
• n. - Submission; decline; descent.