Mourning veil
A dark veil worn after a death — a chosen covering that marks the wearer as in grief.
A mourning veil in a dream is the dream's image of a chosen covering that marks the wearer as in grief. The veil is not concealment for its own sake; the veil is information for the public. The dream brings the mourning veil when something in your life — a recent loss, a long-carried grief, a structural sadness — is being signalled to the people around you so they know not to require the ordinary face. A mourning veil worn for the appropriate period is the dream affirming the honest signal. A mourning veil worn long after the period has ended, becoming the new normal face, is the dream noting that the marker has been kept past its season, and the grief has stopped being honoured and started being inhabited.