envelar

Catalan

From en- +‎ vel (“veil”) +‎ -ar.

envelar (first-person singular present envelo, first-person singular preterite envelí, past participle envelat)

From en- +‎ vela (“sail”) +‎ -ar.

envelar (first-person singular present envelo, first-person singular preterite envelí, past participle envelat)(transitive)

to cover with an awning, to shade
- 1978, Manuel Sanchis Guarner, La processó valenciana del Corpus:
  L'any 1423, per tal de protegir el públic dels rigors del sol, començà hom a envelar alguns dels carrers per on passava la processó del Corpus.
  In the year 1423, in order to shield the public from the rigours of the sun, one began to place awnings over some of the streets through which the Corpus procession passed.
(nautical) to hoist the sails of

Conjugation of envelar (first conjugation)