guimpe

American  

[gimp, gamp] / gɪmp, gæmp /

noun

1. a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.

2. gimp.

3. a part of the habit of nuns of certain orders, consisting of a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders.

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guimpe British  

/ ɡæmp, ɡɪmp /

noun

1. a short blouse with sleeves worn under a pinafore dress

2. a fill-in for a low-cut dress

3. a piece of starched cloth covering the chest and shoulders of a nun's habit

4. a variant spelling of gimp 1

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Etymology

Origin of guimpe

1840–50; earlier gimp; see gimp ¹

Example Sentences

“I didn’t know you had anything to study, except how to handle a paint-brush, or tuck in the furniture covering, before you tack the guimpe along the edges.”

From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

"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

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

Veronique was expecting him, dressed in her blue silk gown and muslin guimpe, over which fell a collaret made of lawn with a deep hem.

From The Village Rector by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

A guimpe of black net perhaps—tucked, would you say, Joan dear!—and long wrinkled sleeves of the same.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein