veil
/veɪl/ nom C1En français : voile
- 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.
- Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) · a nun's veil· a paten veil
- The calyptra of mosses.
- velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
- A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
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“Why, a bride, of course--a bride all in white with a lovely misty veil.
I’ve been imagining it all out--the wedding and everything--Diana dressed in snowy garments, with a veil, and looking as beautiful and regal as a queen; and me the bridesmaid, with a lovely dress too, and puffed sleeves, but with a breaking heart hid beneath my smiling face.
For years I have endeavoured to break through the veil which shrouded it, and at last the time came when I seized my thread and followed it, until it led me, after a thousand cunning windings, to ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity.
We all sat in silence for some minutes while those fateful eyes still strained to pierce the veil.
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