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

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guimpe

She caught up the money and the note, thrust them into her guimpe, locked the case, and ran to the road.

From A Girl of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene

For trimming garments, there was guimpe, colored tape, Holland tape and Hamburg, the latter an embroidered edging, buttons, some silk covered.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jester, Annie Lash

Mrs. Saxon's pearl-gray satin was of excellent quality, but of last year's cut, and the modest neck was filled in with the net guimpe which she affected at informal dinners.

From The Wishing Moon by Dutton, Louise Elizabeth

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

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