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Definitions for Wimple

[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.
[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.
[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.
[9] 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
[10] Scot a curve or bend, as in a river
[11] rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
[12] (tr) archaic to cover with or put a wimple on
[13] archaic (esp of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats

Words related to Wimple

kerchief, mantle, veil, shawl, bonnet, protector, hat, purdah, cowl, yashmak, babushka, mantilla, coif, capuchin, capuche

Words nearby Wimple

wimble, wimbledon, wimmin, wimp, wimp out, wimple, wimpy, wimshurst machine, win, win by a nose, win hands down

Origin of Wimple

before 1100; (noun) Middle English wimple, wimpel, Old English wimpel; cognate with Dutch, Low German wimpel, Old Norse vimpill; (v.) Middle English: to wrap in a wimple, derivative of the noun

Word origin for Wimple

Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil

Synonyms for Wimple

babushka, bonnet, capuchin, coif, cowl, hat, kerchief, mantilla, mantle, protector, purdah, shawl, veil, yashmak, capuche