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Webster 1913 Edition

Wimple

Wim′ple

,
Noun.
[OE.
wimpel
, AS.
winpel
; akin to D. & G.
wimpel
a pennant, streamer, OHG.
wimpal
a veil, Icel.
vimpill
, Dan. & Sw.
vimpel
a pennant, streamer; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Gimp
.]
1.
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.
Full seemly her
wympel
ipinched is.
Chaucer.
For she had laid her mournful stole aside,
And widowlike sad
wimple
thrown away.
Spenser.
Then Vivian rose,
And from her brown-locked head the
wimple
throws.
M. Arnold.
2.
A flag or streamer.
Weale.

Wim′ple

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wimpled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wimpling
.]
1.
To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
“She sat ywympled well.”
Chaucer.
This
wimpled
, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
Shakespeare
2.
To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
3.
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
.

Wim′ple

,
Verb.
I.
To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
“Wimpling waves.”
Longfellow.
For with a veil, that
wimpled
everywhere,
Her head and face was hid.
Spenser.
With me through . . . meadows stray,
Where
wimpling
waters make their way.
Ramsay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wimple

WIMPLE

,
Noun.
[G., a pendant.] A hood or vail. Isaiah 3.

WIMPLE

,
Verb.
T.
To draw down, as a vail.

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