peplare

peplare [cf. CL peplus < πέπλος] , to veil, to conceal or hide the face by means of a veil, mask, or sim.. b (med.) to bandage, cover with a bandage or mask. c (eccl.) to veil, bestow a nun’s veil upon, admit into monastic life as a nun. si sit peplata [sc. tua conjux], non sint peplata labella / famine dum fruitur, nisi fetor ab ore procellet D. Bec. 2253; de nocte ~ati cum gladiis et fustibus irruerunt Map NC I 25 f. 21.  b facta predicta stupha illiniatur facies et ~etur et in crastino ut predictum est lavetur Gilb. VII 342. 2.  c 1516 viduas ‥ castitatem vovere volentes ‥ ~are ‥ possit Reg. Heref. 231; a1531 ad recipiendum ‥ continentie votum et castitatis promissum dicte Margerie, ac in signum hujusmodi continentie et castitatis promisso perpetuo servando eandem Margeriam velandam seu ~andam ‥ vobis committimus potestatem Antiq. Warw. 895b (ed. 1730).