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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wim•ple (wim′pəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling. n. - Clothinga woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]
- a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth.
- a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river.
v.t. - Clothingto cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple.
- to cause to ripple or undulate, as water.
- [Archaic.]to veil or enwrap.
v.i. - to ripple, as water.
- [Archaic.]to lie in folds, as a veil.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]to follow a curving course, as a road or river.
- bef. 1100; (noun, nominal) Middle English wimple, wimpel, Old English wimpel; cognate with Dutch, Low German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill; (verb, verbal) Middle English: to wrap in a wimple, derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wimple /ˈwɪmpəl/ n - 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
vb - rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
- (transitive) archaic to cover with or put a wimple on
- archaic (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats
Etymology: Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil |