Veiling

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  • noun. A veil.
  • noun. Sheer material, such as gauze or fine lace, used for veils.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of concealing with a veil.
  • noun. A veil; a thin covering.
  • noun. Material for making veils: as, nun's-veiling; silk veiling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of veil.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
  • Word Usage
    "The sun is extremely strong here, so we are thinking that a thin veiling of net might be advisable in the midday sun, to keep the blossoms and fruit from drying up, the skins thickening, blossom-end rot, etc."
    Hypernym
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    mesh  meshing  meshwork  net  network  
    Hyponym
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    Rhyme
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    Synonym
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    veil  
    verb-stem
    veil