guimpe
Americannoun
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a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.
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gimp.
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a part of the habit of nuns of certain orders, consisting of a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders.
noun
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a short blouse with sleeves worn under a pinafore dress
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a fill-in for a low-cut dress
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a piece of starched cloth covering the chest and shoulders of a nun's habit
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a variant spelling of gimp 1
Etymology
Origin of guimpe
1840–50; earlier gimp; see gimp 1
Example Sentences
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The skirt is long and full, bias on each side, the front breadth turned back; trimmed with guimpe.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
Hemstitchers earn $10 to $14 and a guimpe maker in one shop earned $12.
From Wage Earning and Education by Lutz, Rufus Rolla
"Couldn't I have a guimpe with it?" she suggested hopefully; "if I had a guimpe, it would look different."
From The Heart of Arethusa by Fox, Frances Barton
"And, Arethusa, I can't believe that even Miss Eliza would make you wear a guimpe with an evening dress!"
From The Heart of Arethusa by Fox, Frances Barton
One caught a glimpse of a black guimpe, and a form that was barely defined, covered with a black shroud.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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