מְעִיל, cloak, robe. Ruth R. to IV, 8 (ref. to I Sam. XV, 27) מְעִילוֹ של מי whose cloak (did Samuel seize and rend)?; Midr. Sam. ch. XVIII; a. e.—Esp. the high priest’s robe. Yoma VII, 5. Zeb. 88ᵇ; Arakh. 16ᵃ; a. e.