wimple
noun
a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
wimpling
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present participleof wimple.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Of course, "somewhere" meant the Presidential Hunting Lodge, on secluded, wimpling Lake Werbellin, a scant 40 miles from Berlin, yet remote as a hut in the Black Forest.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they cast anchor off the Royal Yacht Club, in the wimpling Frognerkilen, they had Oslo on their starboard and suburban Bygdo, with its Castle Oskarshal, on their port.
From Time Magazine Archive
A 21-gun salute boomed from the British war boat Suffolk anchored off Nanking on the mighty wimpling Yantze.
From Time Magazine Archive
To deck herself, the Muse, at early morn, Wander'd a-down a wimpling brook, to find Some glassy pool more quiet than the rest.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
Ayton is placed in a lovely valley on the River Eye, which goes wimpling and winding round it.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
