veil (
http://definr.com/veil)
n 1: a garment that covers the head and face [syn:
head covering]
2: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates
(especially when covering the head at birth) [syn:
caul,
embryonic membrane]
3: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman
Catholic Church; a silk shawl [syn:
humeral veil]
v : to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "a
conspiracy of silence veiling it" [ant:
unveil]