Wimple

['wɪmp(ə)l] or ['wɪmpl]

Definition

(noun.) headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women.

Editor: Vlad--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A flag or streamer.

(v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

(v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

Edited by Carlos

Definition

n. a hood or veil folded round the neck and face (still a part of a nun's dress): a flag.—v.t. to hide with a wimple: (Shak.) to hoodwink: to lay in folds.—v.i. to ripple: (Spens.) to lie in folds.

Editor: Nita