s. m, vail drawn over the face; concealing the face with a shawl or other garment; shelter, defence, protection:—nachchaṉ laggí te ghuṇggaṭ kihá When (she) began to dance, what was the use of a vail to hide her face, (for a female who dances generally having no vail over her face).—Prov. used of a person who does something secretly, which must come out, or of a person who is whispering to the ears of many men against his enemy, but cannot dare to come forward openly.