n a garment that covers the head and face
n a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
n the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
n a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
v to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
v make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing