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The correct spelling is vail.
How to pronounce vail
noun
IPA: /veɪl/
Say it like: Vay-l
The correct spelling is vail. Profit; return; proceeds. For example: "a nun's veil"
Usage Examples
“a nun's veil”
“The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Profit; return; proceeds.
- 2.(chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
- 3.Submission.
- 4.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.
- 5.A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
verb
- 1.To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
- 2.To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
- 3.To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
- 4.(vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
- 5.To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
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