Dictionary entry

Wimple (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wim″ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wimpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wimpling (?).]

1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. “She sat ywympled well.” Chaucer.

This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy. Shak.

2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.

3. 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.