vail the bonnet

vail noun

— (obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds. — (chiefly, in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

vail noun

— (obsolete) Submission.

vail verb

— (intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something). — (transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat. — (transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink. — (vexillology) (transitive, current, operational) 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.

Vail properNoun

— A census-designated place in Arizona — A town in Colorado — A city in Iowa

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

bonnet Noun

— chiefly Scottish: A seamless woven cap worn by Scottish men and boys; a Tam o'Shanter — British: An automobile hood — British: A metal covering or cowl for a heater, a ventilator, a fireplace, etc. A baby bonnet is sometimes given as a gift to the parents of a newborn. She lifted the automobile's bonnet to check the engine.