noun the calyptra of mosses.
2. veil ·noun ·same·as velum, 3.
3. veil ·noun a cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
4. veil ·noun to throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
5. veil ·noun a covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
6. veil ·noun a membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk;
called also velum.
7. veil ·noun fig.: to invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
8. veil ·noun 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.