Vail



Same as: veil
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
2.
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
3.
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
4.
Submission; decline; descent.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.