Definition of Wimple

1. Noun. Headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women.

Generic synonyms: Headdress, Headgear

Definition of Wimple

1. n. A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.

2. v. t. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

3. v. i. To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

4. n. A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.

5. v. t. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.

6. v. i. To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.

Definition of Wimple

1. to pleat [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: pleat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wimple

wimbling
wimbrel
wimbrel
wimbrels
wimmin
WIMP
wimped
wimpier
wimpiest
wimpiness
wimpinesses
wimping
wimpish
wimpishness
wimpishnesses
wimple (current term)
wimpled
wimples
wimpling
wimps
wimpy
Wimshurst machine
win
win
Win1 protein kinase
wince
wince
winced
wincer
wincers

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