wimple

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A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders
A curve or bend
A ripple, as on the surface of water
A fold or pleat in cloth
{v} to draw over, to veil
The traditional headress of nuns
{n} a hood
\Wim"ple\, v 1: To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; to hoodwink 2: to draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits 3: to cause to ripple or undulate n a cloth worn over the head and around the neck an ears as by nuns
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
a piece of cloth that a nun wears over her head
a cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin especially by women in the late medieval period and by some nuns
{f} cover with nun's headcovering; fold; move in waves
women's head and neck covering, 12-15th centuries
Isa 3: 22, (R V , "shawls"), a wrap or veil The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (R V , "mantle") in Ruth 3: 15
To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate
headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water
{i} nun's headdress; headcovering made of folds of cloth
To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil
A flag or streamer
To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink
wimples
plural of wimple
wimple
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