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wimple

noun

  1. a woman's head covering of medieval times, consisting of a cloth arranged about the head, cheeks, chin, and neck, leaving only the face exposed: now worn only by certain orders of nuns
  2. Scot.
    1. a fold or plait
    2. a winding; turn; curve
    3. a ripple

transitive verb wimpled, wimpling

  1. to cover or clothe with or as with a wimple
  2. to lay in folds
  3. to cause to ripple or undulate, as the surface of a lake

intransitive verb

  1. to lie in folds
  2. to ripple
  3. Scot. to meander, as a brook

See wimple in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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