veil

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

“a veiled threat”

To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil.

“women in Afghanistan veil their faces”

A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl.

The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).

A garment that covers the head and face.

A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.