| 单词 | veil-cloth | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasveil-cloth   veil-cloth  n. 		 (a) Christian Church a cloth used in a church to drape or conceal the altar, or a crucifix, image, etc., esp. during Lent (cf. sense  3a) (historical in later use);		 (b) (as a count noun) a piece of cloth worn as a veil over the face, hair, or the body; (as a mass noun) light or gauzy fabric of a type suitable for making veils. ΚΠ 1516–17    Churchwardens' Accts. Heybridge, Essex in  J. Nichols Illustr. Manners & Expences Antient Times 		(1797)	 155  				Item, payed to..Reve, of Chelmesforde, for a lyne for the vaile clothe agense Lent. 1844    H. Smith tr.  G. Crusius Compl. Greek. & Lat. Lexicon 304/2  				A headband, a veil-cloth, a female head covering, with which the whole face could be covered. 1869    Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. 4 314  				The images were covered with veil cloths marked with red crosses. 1919    East Liverpool 		(Ohio)	 Rev. 26 Nov. 11/4  				Lost—Saturday, a pair of diamond ear studs, wrapped in piece of gray veil cloth. 1965    J. E. Oxley Reformation in Essex 175  				Berners, Ayloffe and Brown usually allowed churches to keep a chalice, a cope, surplices, an altar-cloth, towels and a ‘veil-cloth’ (stretched before the altar at Lent). 1989    Amer. Square Dance Apr. 16/1  				The Sheik sent to the harem for a bolt of veil cloth. Each woman wound her arms and head, beginning at one hand, wrapping around the arm, looping around head and face. 2008    Feminist Rev. 89 39  				A burqa..is a large veil-cloth worn on the head, which covers the entire body including the face, with a mesh screen over the eyes. < as lemmas  | 
	
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