wimple
noun
a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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Young Morley, like his columnist-novelist brother, is one of those for whom any river will wimple with apt allusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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