Meanings of gossamer veil in English

Nearby, the air around the anomaly rippled like a gossamer veil.

With the fall of the first gossamer veil

June was upon Italy, as a gossamer veil and a garland on the brow of a girl bride.

The mighty fabric of warfare they had fashioned was a gossamer veil rent asunder by a miserable lunatic.

She was dressed in her very best: a double-breasted jacket and straw turban, a gossamer veil wound about it.

Then on again through a patch of woodland which looked as though a huge gossamer veil had been laid over it.

Thus attired, although her stature is small, her appearance was very dignified and beautiful, especially as the gossamer veil added mystery to her face.

The new-made Lady Catheron changes her shining bridal robes for a charming travelling costume of palest gray, with a gossamer veil of the same shade.

The starry sky was flecked here and there with gossamer veils of cloud.

Comets flung out gossamer veils or retracted them, and space liners went about upon their lawful occasions.

They drew gossamer veils over the brims of their felt hats, and gathered them in about their necks.

I dove back into the crowd, shouldering my way through forests of gossamer veils and ermine-edged houppelandes until I was halfway around the hall.