vail

Meanings

1. Profit; return; proceeds.
2. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

1. Submission.

1. To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
2. To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
3. To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
4. To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
5. To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

1. Archaic form of veil.
2. Misspelling of veil.

1. Archaic form of veil.
2. Misspelling of veil.

1. A surname.
2. A placename
3. A census-designated place in Arizona, United States.
4. A town in Colorado, United States.
5. A city in Iowa, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).