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veiling (countable and uncountable, plural veilings)

1. The act of covering with a veil.
   • 2011, Gwen Seabourne, Imprisoning Medieval Women:

     […] there are several examples of forced veilings of noblewomen and queens from the early Middle Ages.

   • 2022 September 30, Mahsa Alimardani, Kendra Albert, Afsaneh Rigot, “Big Tech Should Support the Iranian People, Not the Regime”, in The New York Times‎:

     Ms. Amini’s alleged crime was “improperly” wearing hijab, violating Iran’s law requiring mandatory veiling.

2. Material for making veils.
   • 1971, “Better Blatant Than Latent”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 3:

     clad in heavy black veiling and fairly dripping in widow's weeds

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