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.
To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
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.
To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
Head covering worn by certain orders of nuns consisting of cloth wrapped around parts of the head, revealing only the face.
headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
a cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin, made popular in medieval times by modesty seeking nuns, and still worn today by us strict traditionalists
a lace tube which can drape up over the ears and face, or snuggle down on the neck
a neck covering or a veil, perhaps a blindfold
a type of head dress now only worn by Nuns
a piece of linen which covered the head, the neck and sides of the face.
A linen or silk cloth folded round the head and wrapped under the chin. Worn by women especially wives and nuns (cheers POGO).
The wimple is a garment of Europe worn by women. It is a cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair.
