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Meanings of crape veil in English

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Usage of crape veil in English
1
He pointed to the bowed figure, hidden in a long crape veil.
Lady Merton, Colonist
2
She was dressed in black, and a crape veil concealed her face.
The Living Link: A Novel
3
Her crape veil was over her face, but she threw it back.
East Lynne
4
Sue changed colour and recognized Arabella through the crape veil.
Jude the Obscure
5
The lady was clothed in deep mourning, with a thick crape veil concealing her face.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
6
It is a thousand pities that fashion dictates the crape veil, but so it is.
Manners and Social Usages
7
Her crape veil, folded back over her hat, hung behind her head in a stiff square.
Mary Olivier: a Life
8
Mr. Rigg, behind his disarming smile, could see as far into a crape veil as any man.
From One Generation to Another
9
He lifted his crape veil, and said "Oho!"
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
10
Her thick crape veil was down; but she closed her eyes behind it, and pressed her hands upon them.
Scenes of Clerical Life
11
However, Liddy got out the black things and the crape veil I keep for such occasions, and I went.
The Circular Staircase
12
He looked at her keenly-shewas tall and slender; beyond that, through the heavy crape veil, he could make out nothing.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
13
He was not much gratified; her thick crape veil was lowered; it was with difficulty he could get a glance at her.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
14
She donned her weeds from custom; kept close her crape veil for so many Sabbaths, and abated nothing of her characteristic harshness.
Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-st...
15
Sister Serena untied and took off the crape veil and bonnet, and as she resumed her seat, Judge Parkman turned to the prisoner.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
16
The air was delicious-Jasminerefused to cover her hot little face with a crape veil-theycame back after their ramble soothed and refreshed.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls
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