Definition of "Veil" :

noun: a garment that covers the head and face

noun: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

noun: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

noun: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

verb: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

"A veiled threat."

verb: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

"Women in Afghanistan veil their faces."