wimplen.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmpl/, U.S.

/ˈwɪmp(ə)l/

Forms: Old English, Middle English–1500s wimpel, Middle English wympel, Middle English–1500s wymple (Old English, Middle English winpel, Middle English wempel, Middle English whympel, Middle English wim-, wym-, win-, wyn-, -pil, -pill, -pul, -pulle, -pyl, -pylle, Scottish wompyll, 1500s wympyll, Scottish womple, 1600s wimpell, 1800s whimple), Middle English– wimple.

Etymology: Late Old English wimpel = (Middle) Low German, (Middle) Dutch wimpel, Old High German wimpal veil, banner (Middle High German, German wimpel streamer, pennon), Old Norse vimpill (Swedish, Danish vimpel from Low German), whence Old French guimple (modern French guimpe), of which the variant wimple coincided with the native form. Ultimate origin uncertain. It is doubtful whether the senses provisionally placed together here and under the verb belong all to the same word. In branch II there may be an onomatopoeic element; for formation and meaning compare dimple, rimple, rumple, wrimple.

I. Senses relating to the head-garment.

1. A garment of linen or silk formerly worn by women, so folded as to envelop the head, chin, sides of the face, and neck: now retained in the dress of nuns. Also gen. a veil.Used loosely in early glossaries as a rendering of Latin anabola, cyclas, peplum, ricinum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > clothing for neck and other parts > wimple

wimplea1100

barbetc1320

barbc1374

gorgerc1400

gorget?1578

a1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 4296 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 112 Cyclade, .i. ueste, wimple.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 107/37 Ricinum, winpel uel orl.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 125/8 Anabola, winpel.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Hire winpel wit oðer maked ȝeleu mid saffran.

?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Sum seið þet hit limped to e.. [text mising: read euch] wummon cundeliche for te weri wimpel.

c1250 Meid. Maregrete xlvii Ðoru þe mitte of ihū christ, wid her wempel ho hin bond.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6941 Hire bodi wiþ a mantel, a wimpel [v.r. whympel] aboute hire heued.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 110 Do a-woy ȝoure wimpil & schew ȝoure face bare.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 601/43 Peplum, a wynpul.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) 151 Ful semyly hir wympul pynched was.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxv. 2992 Hyre hayre in wompyll arayande.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum lxix. 317 The emperesse hydde hire face with a wympill, for she wolde not ben y-knowe.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vii. 115 To ask supple, with thaim ane womple bair thai, With handis betand ther breistis by the way.

c1530 Crt. Love 1102 And eke the nonnes, with vaile and wimple plight.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. iii. 22 The costelie apparel and the vailes, and the wimpels, and the crisping pinnes.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xvii. 142 White was her whimple, and her veil.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 294 Her flowing wimple of black cypress.

1879 E. Walford Londoniana II. 247 Three nuns with veils and whimples.

in extended use.1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 123 A certaine smooth and slippery veyle or wimple is substrated.1861 A. Austin in Temple Bar III. 472 Graves are the sheltering wimples Against Life's rain.

2. A flag, streamer. [An alien sense.]

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > long narrow flag

streamer1292

streamc1440

pendant1466

guidon1548

wimple1656

pennant1698

pinnet1727

scroll1808

fan-

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Wimple..a Streamer or Flag.

II. Senses relating to a fold or twist.

3. A fold or wrinkle; a turn, winding, or twist; a ripple or rippling in a stream.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease

rimpleeOE

frouncec1374

runklea1400

wrinklea1420

ruge?a1425

crimple1440

wreathc1440

wrimple1499

rumple?a1513

scrumple?a1513

wimple1513

crease1578

bag1587

crinkle1596

pucker1598

press1601

crumple1607

creasing1665

ruck1774

cramp1828

fold1840

ruckle1853

bumfle1867

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > bend

bight1481

double1594

trenda1640

wimple1818

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > small wave or ripple

wrinkle1633

ruffle1655

curl1766

ripple1785

ripplet1805

wavelet1813

pirl1817

wimple1845

riffle1925

ankle-slapper1991

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. iv. 30 Bot thai about him lowpit in wympillis [L. spiris] threw.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 74 b Be not more curious of a wimple or spot in thy vesture, then thou art of spotting and thorow-stayning thy deere bought Spyrit.

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 225 A shepherd..hates the wimples, as he calls them, of a turnpike.1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 21 He had as mony links an' wimples in his tail as an eel.1845 E. Cook Waters i Waters, bright Waters,..your wimple just lulleth the minnow to sleep!1878 R. L. Stevenson Parson's Marj. in Will o' Mill The river ran between the stepping-stones with a pretty wimple.

4. A crafty turn or twist; a wile. Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device

wrenchc888

craftOE

turnc1225

ginc1275

play?a1300

enginec1300

wrenkc1325

forsetc1330

sleightc1340

knackc1369

cautel138.

subtletya1393

wilea1400

tramc1400

wrinkle1402

artc1405

policy?1406

subtilityc1410

subtiltyc1440

jeopardy1487

jouk1513

pawka1522

frask1524

false point?1528

conveyance1534

compass1540

fineness1546

far-fetch?a1562

stratagem1561

finesse1562

entrapping1564

convoyance1578

lift1592

imagine1594

agitation1600

subtleship1614

artifice1620

navation1628

wimple1638

rig1640

lapwing stratagem1676

feint1679

undercraft1691

fly-flap1726

management1736

fakement1811

old tricka1822

fake1829

trickeration1940

swiftie1945

shrewdie1961

1638 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 320 Notwithstanding al wyles, wimples, offers, motions, and uther letts.

1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 24 The gouden helmet will sae glance, An blink wi' skyrin brinns, That a' his wimples they'll find out Fan i' the mark he sheens.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 296 There is aye a wimple in a lawyer's clew.

Derivatives

wimple-less adj. not wearing a wimple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear > not

wimple-less?c1225

unstocked1825

uncravatted1847

collarless1859

necktie-less1890

tieless1903

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 307 Ȝef ȝe muchel beoð wimpelles. beoð biwarme cappen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wimplev.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmpl/, U.S.

/ˈwɪmp(ə)l/

Forms: see preceding; also Scottish1500s wumpil, 1600s wo(o)mple.

Etymology: < wimple n.; compare Low German wimpelen.

I. Senses relating to enfolding or covering with a wimple.

a. transitive. To envelop in a wimple; loosely, to veil (†occasionally passive to take the veil).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other

wimple?c1225

pricka1275

clothe1382

addressa1393

haspc1400

to-cloutc1430

shirtc1450

gownc1485

tuft1535

passement1539

kerchief1600

muff1607

inshirt1611

insmock1611

mode1656

costume1802

slop1803

shawl1812

cravat1818

sur-invest1827

frock1828

pinafore1843

smock1847

panoply1851

underclothe1857

upholster1873

fancy dress1878

sleeve1887

to suit up1912

crinoline1915

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [verb (intransitive)] > make profession > as nun

to take the veila1387

wimple1430–40

the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > be spread out > so as to cover

wimple1870

?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Wrihen he seið naut wimplin.

?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Al beo þu iwimplet.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. i. 31 She þat ȝit couereþ hir and wympleþ [L. velat] hir to oþer folk haþ shewed hir euerydel to þe.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 472 Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat.

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 2837 Wympled but in symple guyse.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxviii. 64 Rhea..Entered into religion, For to be wympled in that holy house, Sacred to Uesta.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9938 Wympled she was both cheke and chin.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxviii. 531 Al wayes she was wympeld that no man myȝt see her vysage.

1592 J. Lyly Midas i. i Iustice her selfe, that sitteth wimpled about the eyes.

1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 82 They wimpled those eyes.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 91 (note) Ne Titan on woold putt his golden flize, But wimpled fast his melancholie eies.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. Introd. Ep. p. viii His figure was so closely veiled and wimpled, either with a mantle, morning-gown, or some such loose garb.

1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 30 A female, crowned and wimpled.

†b. intransitive for passive. To be veiled. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of

to cover (one's head)c1340

scrub1590

wimple1591

sag1592

to go thina1610

to be covered1611

rustlea1616

to keep on1621

veil1714

to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834

smock-frock1840

pad1873

tighten1896

tight-lace1898

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Reboçar To wimple, to go with the face hidden, caput inuoluere.

2. figurative. To veil, cover.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal

overwryeOE

hidec1374

forcover1382

veilc1384

overclosec1400

shroud1426

wimple1532

smotherc1592

encurtain1596

over-curtain1621

coverclea1631

bury1737

stifle1820

visor1872

becurtain1878

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlix^v With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and misse menynge people skleren and wymplen their errours.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx^v In this boke be many priuy thinges wimpled & folde.

1620 Hist. Reynard the Fox xviii He that cannot wimple falshood in truths kerchiffe, hath neither Art nor cunning.

1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 503/2 He will gaze tenderly into the white faces of his cauliflowers, as with pinned leaves he wimples them from the sun.

†3. transferred and figurative. To enfold, enwrap, wrap up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]

bewindOE

writheOE

windc1175

bewrap?c1225

lapa1300

umbelaya1300

umbeweave1338

wlappec1380

enwrapa1382

wrapa1382

inlap1382

envelop1386

forwrapc1386

hapc1390

umbeclapa1400

umbethonrea1400

umblaya1400

wapc1420

biwlappea1425

revolve?a1425

to roll up?a1425

roll?c1425

to roll ina1475

wimple1513

to wind up?1533

invest1548

circumvolve1607

awrap1609

weave1620

sheet1621

obvolve1623

embowdle1625

amict1657

wry1674

woold1775

overwrap1815

wrapper1885

wrapper1905

weve-

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iv. 93 Wymplit and buskit [L. innexa] in a bludy bend.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xii. 61 His body wymplit [L. impexum] in A felloun bustuus and gret lyoun skyn.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 134 The fatale sisteris tho in deyd Had wymplyt vp [L. legunt] this Lawsus lattyr threid.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 61 Ane body of ane zoung chyld..wumpillit wpoun sandell.

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 153 Her sparing looke a coy regard doth beare, And loues treasures, and hers vp wympelled.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems v. 2 No wonder thoght I waill and weip, That womplit am in woes.

1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iv. iii. H 1 I perceiue a little riueling Aboue my for-head but I wimple it Either with iewels or a lock of haire.

1616 H. Charteris & W. Arthur in R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v He will thirst to be woompled in the wounds of Iesus.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 279 Quhilk charge so wrettin wes womplit about ane arrow heid, syne schot wp over the castell wallis, quhair Ruthven micht fynd thame.

4. passive and intransitive. To fall in folds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (intransitive)] > hang in folds

flakec1500

wimple1590

drape1894

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3^v A vele, that wimpled was full low.

1751 R. Lloyd Progr. Envy viii, in Poems (1762) 210 Her mantle wimpled low.

1859–60 J. Hamilton Moses (1871) xviii. 283 Curtains of delicate texture, all wimpling with the golden wings of cherubim.

5. passive. To be stretched like a wimple or veil.

ΚΠ

1868 E. R. Sill Evening in Poems i The Sun is gone: those glorious chariot-wheels Have..left Thin rosy films wimpled across the West.

II. Senses relating to twisting or unsteady progress.

6. intransitive. Of a stream: to meander, twist and turn; also, to ripple. Chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > meander

foldc1420

meander1613

straya1616

wire1633

wriggle1640

wimple1720

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > ripple

lipper1513

crisple1604

ripple1614

flutter1638

dimple1667

wimple1720

jabble1894

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 359 Tay and Tweed's smooth Streams..quietly..wimple to the Seas.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 153 Amang the bonie, winding banks, Where Doon rins, wimplin [MS wimplean], clear.

1848 E. Cook Bonnie Green Bough iv Streamlets, ye are pleasant things, Whimpling as ye glide.

1849 W. E. Aytoun Refusal of Charon in Poems iii Or near some sparkling fountain, Where the waters wimple down!

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 19 You may hear it wimpling over the stones, an amiable stripling of a river.

in extended use.1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man i A dark train of horsemen..Their line wimpled like a serpent.

7. To move shiftily or unsteadily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)]

hobblec1330

wave1406

stamperc1450

fleet15..

titubate1540

wamble1589

tilt1594

vacillate1598

waggle1611

wimple1819

wangle1820

waver1841

lurch1851

woggle1871

teeter1904

1819 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay xix They struck her keel with jerk and blow,..She wimpled about, in the pale moonbeam, like a feather.

1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 73 When comes the licht That wimples on his face?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wimple
释义	wimplen. Brit. /ˈwɪmpl/, U.S. /ˈwɪmp(ə)l/ Forms: Old English, Middle English–1500s wimpel, Middle English wympel, Middle English–1500s wymple (Old English, Middle English winpel, Middle English wempel, Middle English whympel, Middle English wim-, wym-, win-, wyn-, -pil, -pill, -pul, -pulle, -pyl, -pylle, Scottish wompyll, 1500s wympyll, Scottish womple, 1600s wimpell, 1800s whimple), Middle English– wimple. Etymology: Late Old English wimpel = (Middle) Low German, (Middle) Dutch wimpel, Old High German wimpal veil, banner (Middle High German, German wimpel streamer, pennon), Old Norse vimpill (Swedish, Danish vimpel from Low German), whence Old French guimple (modern French guimpe), of which the variant wimple coincided with the native form. Ultimate origin uncertain. It is doubtful whether the senses provisionally placed together here and under the verb belong all to the same word. In branch II there may be an onomatopoeic element; for formation and meaning compare dimple, rimple, rumple, wrimple. I. Senses relating to the head-garment. 1. A garment of linen or silk formerly worn by women, so folded as to envelop the head, chin, sides of the face, and neck: now retained in the dress of nuns. Also gen. a veil.Used loosely in early glossaries as a rendering of Latin anabola, cyclas, peplum, ricinum. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > clothing for neck and other parts > wimple wimplea1100 barbetc1320 barbc1374 gorgerc1400 gorget?1578 a1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 4296 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 112 Cyclade, .i. ueste, wimple. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 107/37 Ricinum, winpel uel orl. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 125/8 Anabola, winpel. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Hire winpel wit oðer maked ȝeleu mid saffran. ?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Sum seið þet hit limped to e.. [text mising: read euch] wummon cundeliche for te weri wimpel. c1250 Meid. Maregrete xlvii Ðoru þe mitte of ihū christ, wid her wempel ho hin bond. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6941 Hire bodi wiþ a mantel, a wimpel [v.r. whympel] aboute hire heued. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 110 Do a-woy ȝoure wimpil & schew ȝoure face bare. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 601/43 Peplum, a wynpul. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) 151 Ful semyly hir wympul pynched was. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxv. 2992 Hyre hayre in wompyll arayande. c1440 Gesta Romanorum lxix. 317 The emperesse hydde hire face with a wympill, for she wolde not ben y-knowe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vii. 115 To ask supple, with thaim ane womple bair thai, With handis betand ther breistis by the way. c1530 Crt. Love 1102 And eke the nonnes, with vaile and wimple plight. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. iii. 22 The costelie apparel and the vailes, and the wimpels, and the crisping pinnes. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xvii. 142 White was her whimple, and her veil. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xii. 294 Her flowing wimple of black cypress. 1879 E. Walford Londoniana II. 247 Three nuns with veils and whimples. in extended use.1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 123 A certaine smooth and slippery veyle or wimple is substrated.1861 A. Austin in Temple Bar III. 472 Graves are the sheltering wimples Against Life's rain. 2. A flag, streamer. [An alien sense.] ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > long narrow flag streamer1292 streamc1440 pendant1466 guidon1548 wimple1656 pennant1698 pinnet1727 scroll1808 fan- 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Wimple..a Streamer or Flag. II. Senses relating to a fold or twist. 3. A fold or wrinkle; a turn, winding, or twist; a ripple or rippling in a stream. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease rimpleeOE frouncec1374 runklea1400 wrinklea1420 ruge?a1425 crimple1440 wreathc1440 wrimple1499 rumple?a1513 scrumple?a1513 wimple1513 crease1578 bag1587 crinkle1596 pucker1598 press1601 crumple1607 creasing1665 ruck1774 cramp1828 fold1840 ruckle1853 bumfle1867 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > bend bight1481 double1594 trenda1640 wimple1818 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > small wave or ripple wrinkle1633 ruffle1655 curl1766 ripple1785 ripplet1805 wavelet1813 pirl1817 wimple1845 riffle1925 ankle-slapper1991 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. iv. 30 Bot thai about him lowpit in wympillis [L. spiris] threw. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 74 b Be not more curious of a wimple or spot in thy vesture, then thou art of spotting and thorow-stayning thy deere bought Spyrit. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 225 A shepherd..hates the wimples, as he calls them, of a turnpike.1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 21 He had as mony links an' wimples in his tail as an eel.1845 E. Cook Waters i Waters, bright Waters,..your wimple just lulleth the minnow to sleep!1878 R. L. Stevenson Parson's Marj. in Will o' Mill The river ran between the stepping-stones with a pretty wimple. 4. A crafty turn or twist; a wile. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 1638 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 320 Notwithstanding al wyles, wimples, offers, motions, and uther letts. 1755 R. Forbes tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 24 The gouden helmet will sae glance, An blink wi' skyrin brinns, That a' his wimples they'll find out Fan i' the mark he sheens. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 296 There is aye a wimple in a lawyer's clew. Derivatives wimple-less adj. not wearing a wimple. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear > not wimple-less?c1225 unstocked1825 uncravatted1847 collarless1859 necktie-less1890 tieless1903 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 307 Ȝef ȝe muchel beoð wimpelles. beoð biwarme cappen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wimplev. Brit. /ˈwɪmpl/, U.S. /ˈwɪmp(ə)l/ Forms: see preceding; also Scottish1500s wumpil, 1600s wo(o)mple. Etymology: < wimple n.; compare Low German wimpelen. I. Senses relating to enfolding or covering with a wimple. 1. a. transitive. To envelop in a wimple; loosely, to veil (†occasionally passive to take the veil). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other wimple?c1225 pricka1275 clothe1382 addressa1393 haspc1400 to-cloutc1430 shirtc1450 gownc1485 tuft1535 passement1539 kerchief1600 muff1607 inshirt1611 insmock1611 mode1656 costume1802 slop1803 shawl1812 cravat1818 sur-invest1827 frock1828 pinafore1843 smock1847 panoply1851 underclothe1857 upholster1873 fancy dress1878 sleeve1887 to suit up1912 crinoline1915 society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [verb (intransitive)] > make profession > as nun to take the veila1387 wimple1430–40 the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > be spread out > so as to cover wimple1870 ?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Wrihen he seið naut wimplin. ?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 308 Al beo þu iwimplet. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. i. 31 She þat ȝit couereþ hir and wympleþ [L. velat] hir to oþer folk haþ shewed hir euerydel to þe. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 472 Ywympled wel, and on hir heed an hat. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 2837 Wympled but in symple guyse. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxviii. 64 Rhea..Entered into religion, For to be wympled in that holy house, Sacred to Uesta. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9938 Wympled she was both cheke and chin. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxviii. 531 Al wayes she was wympeld that no man myȝt see her vysage. 1592 J. Lyly Midas i. i Iustice her selfe, that sitteth wimpled about the eyes. 1615 W. Hull Mirrour of Majestie 82 They wimpled those eyes. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 91 (note) Ne Titan on woold putt his golden flize, But wimpled fast his melancholie eies. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. Introd. Ep. p. viii His figure was so closely veiled and wimpled, either with a mantle, morning-gown, or some such loose garb. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) 30 A female, crowned and wimpled. †b. intransitive for passive. To be veiled. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > types of to cover (one's head)c1340 scrub1590 wimple1591 sag1592 to go thina1610 to be covered1611 rustlea1616 to keep on1621 veil1714 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 smock-frock1840 pad1873 tighten1896 tight-lace1898 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Reboçar To wimple, to go with the face hidden, caput inuoluere. 2. figurative. To veil, cover. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal overwryeOE hidec1374 forcover1382 veilc1384 overclosec1400 shroud1426 wimple1532 smotherc1592 encurtain1596 over-curtain1621 coverclea1631 bury1737 stifle1820 visor1872 becurtain1878 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlix^v With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and misse menynge people skleren and wymplen their errours. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclx^v In this boke be many priuy thinges wimpled & folde. 1620 Hist. Reynard the Fox xviii He that cannot wimple falshood in truths kerchiffe, hath neither Art nor cunning. 1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 503/2 He will gaze tenderly into the white faces of his cauliflowers, as with pinned leaves he wimples them from the sun. †3. transferred and figurative. To enfold, enwrap, wrap up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iv. 93 Wymplit and buskit [L. innexa] in a bludy bend. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xii. 61 His body wymplit [L. impexum] in A felloun bustuus and gret lyoun skyn. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 134 The fatale sisteris tho in deyd Had wymplyt vp [L. legunt] this Lawsus lattyr threid. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 61 Ane body of ane zoung chyld..wumpillit wpoun sandell. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 153 Her sparing looke a coy regard doth beare, And loues treasures, and hers vp wympelled. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems v. 2 No wonder thoght I waill and weip, That womplit am in woes. 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iv. iii. H 1 I perceiue a little riueling Aboue my for-head but I wimple it Either with iewels or a lock of haire. 1616 H. Charteris & W. Arthur in R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion Ep. Ded. sig. ¶2^v He will thirst to be woompled in the wounds of Iesus. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 279 Quhilk charge so wrettin wes womplit about ane arrow heid, syne schot wp over the castell wallis, quhair Ruthven micht fynd thame. 4. passive and intransitive. To fall in folds. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (intransitive)] > hang in folds flakec1500 wimple1590 drape1894 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3^v A vele, that wimpled was full low. 1751 R. Lloyd Progr. Envy viii, in Poems (1762) 210 Her mantle wimpled low. 1859–60 J. Hamilton Moses (1871) xviii. 283 Curtains of delicate texture, all wimpling with the golden wings of cherubim. 5. passive. To be stretched like a wimple or veil. ΚΠ 1868 E. R. Sill Evening in Poems i The Sun is gone: those glorious chariot-wheels Have..left Thin rosy films wimpled across the West. II. Senses relating to twisting or unsteady progress. 6. intransitive. Of a stream: to meander, twist and turn; also, to ripple. Chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > meander foldc1420 meander1613 straya1616 wire1633 wriggle1640 wimple1720 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > ripple lipper1513 crisple1604 ripple1614 flutter1638 dimple1667 wimple1720 jabble1894 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 359 Tay and Tweed's smooth Streams..quietly..wimple to the Seas. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 153 Amang the bonie, winding banks, Where Doon rins, wimplin [MS wimplean], clear. 1848 E. Cook Bonnie Green Bough iv Streamlets, ye are pleasant things, Whimpling as ye glide. 1849 W. E. Aytoun Refusal of Charon in Poems iii Or near some sparkling fountain, Where the waters wimple down! 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 19 You may hear it wimpling over the stones, an amiable stripling of a river. in extended use.1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man i A dark train of horsemen..Their line wimpled like a serpent. 7. To move shiftily or unsteadily. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] hobblec1330 wave1406 stamperc1450 fleet15.. titubate1540 wamble1589 tilt1594 vacillate1598 waggle1611 wimple1819 wangle1820 waver1841 lurch1851 woggle1871 teeter1904 1819 J. R. Drake Culprit Fay xix They struck her keel with jerk and blow,..She wimpled about, in the pale moonbeam, like a feather. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 73 When comes the licht That wimples on his face? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1100v.?c1225
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