vele

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A form 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.

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Meanings

nounvele (plural veles)

plural veles

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of veil.

    Then forth he brought his snowy Florimele, / Whom Trompart had in keeping there beside, / Covered from peoples gazement with a vele […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

vele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vele

MLA

“vele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vele. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vele,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vele.

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