velum
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Others derive the name from velum, a sail; because the exhibitors of public shows used to hang the road that leads from the forum to the Circus Maximus with sails, beginning at this spot.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
Its upper surface is partly seen in the floor of the body of the lateral ventricle, but is for the most part covered by the fornix and velum interpositum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In adolescents and adults, if the cleft is wide and the soft tissues of the palate are thin and atrophied, better physiological results may be obtained by the use of an artificial obturator or velum.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
At the base of the tongue is the prominent transverse fold, noted in connection with figure 7, that meets above the velum palitinum, not shown here but shown in figure 7.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
The mosquito curtain of dark blue gauze ready hung for the night, falls from the ceiling with the air of a mysterious velum.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Pierre Loti
She sat patiently as ardent beauticians prepared her for her formal investiture, a highlight of the three-day festival — or vela — that celebrates muxe culture here every November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
“I could never dress like this in Veracruz, where I live now,” said Ximena Ximénez, 27, who returned to Juchitán for the vela and wore a black, gold and white garment with a matching headpiece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
This weekend's festival is called the "True Fearless Seekers of Danger" vela, a name that harkens to the risk many members of the community face.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2023
Many Latin neuter plurals were adopted into French as feminine singulars, e.g., cornua, corne, horn; labra, lèvre, lip; vela, voile, sail.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
For it is the vela discovered, denounced, and made over to them by Pedro Vicente.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
