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wim·ple  (wmpl)

n.

1. A cloth wound around the head, framing the face, and drawn into folds beneath the chin, worn by women in medieval times and as part of the habit of certain orders of nuns.

2.

a. A fold or pleat in cloth.

b. A ripple, as on the surface of water.

c. A curve or bend.

v. wim·pled, wim·pling, wim·ples

v.tr.

1. To cover with or dress in a wimple.

2. To cause to form folds, pleats, or ripples.

v.intr.

1. Archaic To form or lie in folds.

2. To ripple.

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[Middle English wimpel, from Old English; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]

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wimple [ˈwɪmp^əl]

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a piece of cloth draped around the head to frame the face, worn by women in the Middle Ages and still a part of the habit of some nuns

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Scot a curve or bend, as in a river

vb

1. Rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate

2. (Clothing & Fashion) (tr) Archaic to cover with or put a wimple on

3. (Clothing & Fashion) Archaic (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats

[Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wimple - headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women headdress, headgear - clothing for the head

Translations

wimple [ˈwɪmpl] N → griñon m

wimple

n → Rise f (spec), → Schleier m; (worn by nuns) → (Nonnen)schleier m

wimple [ˈwɪmpl] n → soggolo