Definitions for guimpe

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guimpe guimpe

Spelling: [gimp, gamp]

IPA: /gɪmp, gæmp/

Guimpe is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in guimpe (egimpu).

Definitions for guimpe

noun

1. a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.
2. gimp1 .
3. a part of the habit of nuns of certain orders, consisting of a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders.

Origin of guimpe

1840-50; earlier gimp; see gimp¹

Examples for guimpe

The gathers at the waist are confined by narrow rows of guimpe.

Hemstitchers earn $10 to $14 and a guimpe maker in one shop earned $12.

The skirt is long and full, bias on each side, the front breadth turned back; trimmed with guimpe.

She caught up the money and the note, thrust them into her guimpe, locked the case, and ran to the road.

Whatever she got for that must be made with a guimpe that could be taken out to make it a little more festive for the ball.

The under bodice, which we should call a guimpe, is of white muslin with gold fillets.

It was a princess, and for evening wear the guimpe had only to be removed.

So the guimpe was brought, a lace guimpe with long, lace sleeves, and a high collared neck of lace.

The guimpe of the dress was of a creamy embroidery that dissolved bafflingly into the whiteness of her neck.

A guimpe of black net perhaps—tucked, would you say, Joan dear!