wimple

wimple
/wim"peuhl/, n., v., wimpled, wimpling.
n.
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. a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth.
b. a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river.
v.t.
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.
v.i.
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.
[bef. 1100; (n.) ME wimple, wimpel, OE wimpel; c. D, LG wimpel, ON vimpill; (v.) ME: to wrap in a wimple, deriv. of the n.]

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      headdress worn by women over the head and around the neck, cheeks, and chin. From the late 12th until the beginning of the 14th century, it was worn extensively throughout medieval Europe, and it survived until recently as a head covering for women in religious orders.

      The wimple originally was adopted as a chin veil by Western women after the crusaders brought back from the Near East such fashions as the veil of the Muslim woman. The wimple, usually made of fine white linen or silk, framed the face and covered the neck and sometimes part of the bosom.

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