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), wimpled, wimpling.
3.
to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple.
4.
to cause to ripple or undulate, as water.
5.
Archaic. to veil or enwrap.
verb (used without object), wimpled, wimpling.
6.
to ripple, as water.
7.
Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil.
8.
Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river.
noun
1.
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
2.
(Scot) a curve or bend, as in a river
verb
3.
(rare) to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
4.
(transitive) (archaic) to cover with or put a wimple on
5.
(archaic) (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats
Isa. 3:22, (R.V., “shawls”), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered “vail” (R.V., “mantle”) in Ruth 3:15.
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