wimpling

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

Origin: ME wimpel < OE, akin to Ger, wimple, pennon < IE base *weib-, to turn, swing > wipe

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