English-Finnish translations for veil

• huntu
  On kehitettävä toimintaa, jolla saadaan hiljaisuuden huntu nostettua. We must increase our efforts in order to lift the veil of silence.
  Joissain kulttuureissa naisten on pukeuduttava aina huntuun.
  Suomessa huntu on perinteisesti kuulunut morsiamen hääpukuun.

Definition of veil

• Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material
• A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense
• The calyptra of mosses
• A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head
• velum
• An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation
• To dress in, or decorate with, a veil

Examples

• a nuns veil
• a paten veil
• an altar veil
• The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.

Related words

• unveil
• surveil
• surveillance
• veiling
• veiled
• unveiling
• unveiled
• unveiler
• reveille