wimple
/ˈwɪmpəl/
noun
- A cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and sides of the face, traditionally worn by women in medieval times and still worn by some nuns.
- Medieval women often wore a wimple to cover their hair as a sign of modesty.
- In the painting, the queen wore a delicate linen wimple under her crown.
- The nun adjusted her white wimple before entering the chapel.
verb
- To cover or wrap with a wimple or something resembling a wimple.
- The old photograph showed her grandmother wimpled in a traditional lace veil.
- She wimpled her hair in a soft scarf before going out into the wind.
- The artist wimpled the statue's head in flowing marble folds.
- To ripple or undulate, like water or fabric moving in waves.
- The stream wimpled gently over the smooth stones.
- The flag wimpled in the breeze above the castle tower.
- Her silk dress wimpled as she walked across the stage.
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