My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen
vails of his occupation.
Chapman.
2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a
windfall. [Obs.]
3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; — usually in the
plural. [Written also vale.] Dryden.
Vail, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale.] [Written also
vale, and veil.] 1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]
Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!
Shak.
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.
Vail (?), v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also vale, and veil.]
[Obs.]
Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
South.