wimple
a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
Chiefly Scot.
a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth.
a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river.
to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple.
to cause to ripple or undulate, as water.
Archaic. to veil or enwrap.
to ripple, as water.
Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil.
Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river.
Origin of wimple
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How to use wimple in a sentence
The hair, for convenience, had always been plaited in two plaits and coiled round the head, where it lay concealed by the wimple.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropThe large wimple was still worn wrapped about the head, and the hair was still carefully hidden.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropAbout this time came the fashion of the chin-band, and again the glory of the hair was hidden under the wimple.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropFor the head a wimple made of white linen or perhaps of silk; this she would put above her head, leaving the neck bare.
English Costume | Dion Clayton CalthropThe poorer woman wore always the hood, the wimple tied under the chin, or plain plaited hair.
English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
British Dictionary definitions for wimple
/ (ˈwɪmpəl) /
a piece of cloth draped around the head to frame the face, worn by women in the Middle Ages and still a part of the habit of some nuns
Scot a curve or bend, as in a river
rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
(tr) archaic to cover with or put a wimple on
archaic (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats
Origin of wimple
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