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wimple Noun a piece of cloth draped round the head to frame the face, worn by women in the Middle Ages and now by some nuns [Old English wimpel]
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Dainty sandals encased her feet, while a wimple of violet silk bordered in gold fringe, lay becomingly over her head and shoulders. Wimple insisted on a particular providence in relation to her stomach complaint, Dr. Her long mourning robes and her flowing wimple of black cypress, enhanced the whiteness of her skin, and the beauty of her light-coloured and flowing tresses, which time had neither thinned nor mingled with silver. |
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