Uk English Meaning of wimple

Wimple

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Definitions and Meaning of wimple in English

Wordnet

wimple (n)

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

Webster

wimple (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.

A flag or streamer.

Webster

wimple (v. t.)

To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

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.

Webster

wimple (v. i.)

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

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Wimple

headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval womenA covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, former

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wimpish => wimpish, wimp => Wimp, wimbrel => curlew, wimbling => Wimbledon, wimbledon => Wimbledon,