wimple

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. i. To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. "Wimpling waves." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way. --Ramsay. [1913 Webster]

Wimple \Wim"ple\, n. [OE. wimpel, AS. winpel; akin to D. & G. wimpel a pennant, streamer, OHG. wimpal a veil, Icel. vimpill, Dan. & Sw. vimpel a pennant, streamer; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gimp.] [1913 Webster]

1.A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns. [1913 Webster]

Full seemly her wympel ipinched is.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And widowlike sad wimple thrown away.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

Then Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws.— M. Arnold.[1913 Webster]

2.A flag or streamer. --Weale. [1913 Webster]

Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wimpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wimpling.] [1913 Webster]

1.To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. "She sat ywympled well." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil. [1913 Webster]

3.To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water. [1913 Webster]