vail

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  Profit; return; proceeds.
 * 2)  Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
 * 1)  Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

Etymology 2
From ; either from or a clipping of. Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  Submission.

Verb

 * 1)  To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle, And of their taunting toies reſt with il hayle.
 * 1)  To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
 * 2)  To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
 * 3)  To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
 * 4)  To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
 * 5) * 1692,, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370,
 * Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.
 * 1)  To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
 * 2) * 1692,, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370,
 * Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.
 * 1) * 1692,, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370,
 * Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.
 * 1) * 1692,, Discourses on Various Subjects and Occasions, Boston: Bowles & Dearborn, 1827, Discourse 5, p. 370,
 * Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbour’s necessity.