VAIL (3)

Vail, v. t. [[Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale.]] [Written also vale, and veil.] 1. 1. To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid! Shak. 2. 2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.
France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! Shak. Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic. Sir. W. Scott.