wimple
noun
a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
wimples
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present tense formof wimple (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Founded at the end of the ’70s, the Sisters, who wear white face paint, playfully garish outfits, and cartoonishly oversized wimples, are both theatrical and charity-oriented.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2023
They even have cute freckles beneath their wimples.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy at “Sister Act.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2011
There is a glorious, back-to-the-70s daftness about Horrible Histories' parade of togas, wimples, ruffs and tights that makes it appealing – to a wide audience.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2011
He then enumerates the parts of her dress, consisting of mantles lined with sable, surcoats, neck linens, wimples, petticoats, shifts, pelices, jewels, chaplets of fresh flowers, buckles of gold, rings, robes, and rich furs.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
