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Hides veils (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shrouds

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This clue might be a double definition.

'hides' is the first definition.
('shroud' can be a synonym of 'hide')

'veils' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for shrouds that I've seen before include "Winding-sheets" , "Burial garments" , "Wrappers for corpses" .)

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