face veil

1. 1.

   a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face

   Broaderhead covering

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Questions about face veil

What does face veil mean?

face veil means "a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face".

Is face veil a common word?

face veil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.