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fabric thin enough to see through, opaque enough to start a religion
means A piece of often sheer fabric worn to cover the face or head, or anything that conceals or obscures something from view.
from From Latin 'vēlum,' meaning a sail, cloth, or covering — the same root that gives us 'reveal' (to pull the cloth back) and possibly 'vellum.' It traveled through Old French 'voile' before settling into English, carrying with it the double life of cloth: something that both catches the wind and hides the face.
- etymology
- from Latin velum, meaning sail or curtain
- wedding lift
- once warded off evil spirits, not just photographers
- physics edge
- the heliopause is space's veil at solar system's rim
- language
- to unveil means truth was hiding the whole time
- mourning code
- black veils signaled grief without a single word
niqab — face-covering veil worn by an estimated 100-200 million muslim women worldwide
chador — semicircular fabric veil worn in iran, afghanistan, and parts of the arab world
bridal veil — white veil worn by brides in western christian wedding ceremonies since victorian era