Brewer's: Veil

At one time men wore veils, as St. Ambrose testifies. He speaks of the “silken garments and the veils interwoven with gold, with which the bodies of rich men are encompassed.” (St. Ambrose lived 340-397.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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