wimple – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
wimple
v.
cover with nun's headcovering; fold; move in waves
n.
nun's headdress; headcovering made of folds of cloth
Wimple
A
wimple is a
garment worn around the
neck and
chin, and which usually covers the
head. Its use developed among
women in early
medieval Europe. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be elaborately starched, and creased and folded in prescribed ways, even supported on wire or wicker framing (
cornette).
wimple
Noun
1. headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
(hypernym) headdress, headgear
Wimple
(v. t.)
To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
(v. t.)
To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. i.)
To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
(n.)
A flag or streamer.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Wimple
an old English word for hood or veil, used in the Authorized Version of (Isaiah 3:22) The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in (Ruth 3:15) but it signifies rather a kind of shawl of mantle.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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