Vail

Same as: veil

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.

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.