n. A veil, especially one worn by women, and forming a part of the outdoor dress in the middle ages.n. In painting, one of the wings or shutters of a picture formed as a triptych, as in Rubens's “Descent from the Cross” in Antwerp Cathedral, the volets of which are painted on both sides.n. A door, or one leaf of a door, in ornamental furniture and similar decorative objects.