meaning of wimples
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.
2. A flag or streamer.
3. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
4. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
5. 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.
6. To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
7. headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
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