Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A veil or netting worn over the head to protect the face from the attacks of bees while removing honey from a hive or working about it. It is worn over the hat and tucked under the coat, or drawn over a light metal frame which covers the head and rests on the shoulders.

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  • One afternoon he heard a great humming of the bees in the orchard, and, thinking they were swarming, put on his bee-veil and went to investigate.

    Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Clarence Hawkes 1901

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