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wimple
[ wim-puhl ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
, wim·pled, wim·pling.
- to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple.
- to cause to ripple or undulate, as water.
- Archaic. to veil or enwrap.
verb (used without object)
, wim·pled, wim·pling.
- to ripple, as water.
- Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil.
- Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river.
wimple
/ ˈwɪmpəl /
noun
- 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
- a curve or bend, as in a river
verb
- rare.to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
- archaic.tr to cover with or put a wimple on
- archaic.(esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wimple1
before 1100; (noun) Middle English wimple, wimpel, Old English wimpel; cognate with Dutch, Low German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill; (v.) Middle English: to wrap in a wimple, derivative of the noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wimple1
Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil
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Example Sentences
The hair, for convenience, had always been plaited in two plaits and coiled round the head, where it lay concealed by the wimple.
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The large wimple was still worn wrapped about the head, and the hair was still carefully hidden.
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About this time came the fashion of the chin-band, and again the glory of the hair was hidden under the wimple.
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For the head a wimple made of white linen or perhaps of silk; this she would put above her head, leaving the neck bare.
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The poorer woman wore always the hood, the wimple tied under the chin, or plain plaited hair.
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