Wimple

Quick meaning: Wimple is a noun meaning A fold or pleat in cloth.

Meaning

A fold or pleat in cloth.

More Meanings

1. A ripple, as on the surface of water.
2. A curve or bend.
3. A flag or streamer.
4. To cover with a wimple.
5. To draw down; to lower, like a veil.
6. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.
7. A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.

Example Sentences

The wind wimples the surface of water.

this wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy

Stars wavered and wimpled in the black waters of the Hudson as a launch put out in silence from the foot of Twenty-seventh Street.

[T]hoſe fair Straths that vvater’d are / VVith Tay and Tvveed’s ſmooth Streams, / VVhich gentily and daintily / Eat dovvn the flovvry Braes; / As greatly and quietly / They vvimple to the Seas.

Word Forms

• wimples
• wimpling
• wimpled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guimpe, gorget, napkin, habit, vimpa, shawl.

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