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| wim·ple [ wímp'l ] |
noun (plural wim·ples) |
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1. woman's head covering: a cloth covering for a woman's head and neck. The wimple was common in medieval Europe and it is still worn by some orders of nuns.
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2. fold in cloth: a fold or pleat in a piece of cloth
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verb (past and past participle wim·pled, present participle wim·pling, 3rd person present singular wim·ples) |
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1. intransitive verb ripple: to form small undulating waves
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2. transitive verb dress somebody in wimple: to put a wimple on somebody
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archaic
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| [ Old English wimpel< Germanic] |
