I had seen the bones of my own hand through the veiling flesh.
"I am just wondering whether I have outgrown my nun's veiling," she said simply.
The thunders continued, the smoke drifted heavily, veiling all movements.
veiling our faces, we must take silently the hand of Duty to follow her.
All the sky was smoke, veiling the upper end of the valley and of the ridge.
She looked at me, veiling her violet eyes as if to hide her thoughts from us.
"Yes," said he, veiling his great dark eyes with their long lashes.
And, veiling the light with his fingers, he entered the gallery.
This is an amusing example of a plan for veiling the horrors of myth.
Far from veiling it or apologizing for it, Paul accentuates this offence.
late 14c., from Old French veler, voiller, from Latin velare "to cover, veil," from velum (see veil (n.)). Figurative sense of "to conceal" (something immaterial) is recorded from 1530s. Related: Veiled; veiling.
early 13c., from Anglo-French and Old North French veil (Old French voile) "a head-covering," also "a sail," from Latin vela, plural of velum "sail, curtain, covering," from PIE root *weg- "to weave a web." Vela was mistaken in Vulgar Latin for a feminine singular noun. To take the veil "become a nun" is attested from early 14c.
