| 单词 | wimple |
| 释义 | wimple /wim"peuhl/, n. , v. , wimpled, wimpling. n. 1. a woman's headcloth drawn in folds about the chin, formerly worn out of doors, and still in use by some nuns. 2. Chiefly Scot. a. a fold or wrinkle, as in cloth. b. a curve, bend, or turn, as in a road or river. v.t. 3. to cover or muffle with or as if with a wimple. 4. to cause to ripple or undulate, as water. 5. Archaic. to veil or enwrap. v.i. 6. to ripple, as water. 7. Archaic. to lie in folds, as a veil. 8. Chiefly Scot. to follow a curving course, as a road or river. [bef. 1100; (n.) ME wimple, wimpel, OE wimpel; c. D, LG wimpel, ON vimpill; (v.) ME: to wrap in a wimple, deriv. of the n.] |
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