Definition of veil

• n. - Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
• n. - A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
• n. - The calyptra of mosses.
• n. - A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
• n. - A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
• n. - Same as Velum, 3.
• n. - To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
• n. - Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.