Any kind of cloth which is used for intercepting the view and hiding something; as the vail of the temple among the Israelites.

A piece of thin cloth or silk stuff, used by females to hide their faces. In some eastern countries, certain classes of females never appear abroad without vails.

A cover; that which conceals; as the vail of oblivion.

In botany, the membranous covering of the germen in the Musci and Hepaticae; the calypter.

Vails, money given to servants.

To cover; to hide from the sight; as, to vail the face.

To let fall . They stiffly refused to vail their bonnets.

To let fall; to lower; as, to vail the topsail. Obs.

To let fall; to sink. Obs.

To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding. Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor’s necessity. Obs.