noun
- 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
- Scot.
- a fold or plait
- a winding; turn; curve
- a ripple
Origin:
ME wimpel < OE, akin to Ger, wimple, pennon < IE base *weib-, to turn, swing > wipe
transitive verb wimpled, wimpling
- to cover or clothe with or as with a wimple
- to lay in folds
- to cause to ripple or undulate, as the surface of a lake