Definitions for wimple

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wimple wim·ple

Spelling: [wim-puh l]

IPA: /ˈwɪm pəl/

Wimple is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in wimple (eilmpw).

Definitions for wimple

noun

1. a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
2. Chiefly Scot. a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth. a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple.
2. to cause to ripple or undulate, as water.
3. Archaic. to veil or enwrap.

verb (used without object)

1. to ripple, as water.
2. Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil.
3. Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river.

Origin of wimple

before 1100; (noun) Middle English wimple, wimpel, Old English wimpel; cognate with Dutch, Low German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill; (v.) Middle English: to wrap in a wimple, derivative of the no

Examples for wimple

Her wimple is trimly plaited, and how fashionable is her cloak!

She stopped short, drew her wimple round her face, and was gone.

She pulled her wimple closer to her face, took him by the arm, and drew him with her into the house.

Here is a candle-end, which you must hide under your wimple.

Tied round the wimple they sometimes had a snood, or band of silk.

On the early brasses the wimple under the chin marked the rank of the wearer.

Upon the head they wore the wimple, the fillet, and about the throat the gorget.

The wimple covered the neck, and was worn chiefly out of doors.

She was tall and slender, but her features could not be seen for a wimple over her head.

"Give me your cloak and wimple," she bade Diana, and Diana flew to do her bidding.