English Dictionary

wimple

/ˈwɪmpəl/

noun

A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders. / A fold or pleat in cloth.

She wore a wimple to cover her head.

意味（1）

A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.

Even the unprecedented detail of the Urbanist regulations is still not sufficient to enable us to envisage with accuracy the appearance of the wimple or the other items that went to make up the habit.

意味（2）

A fold or pleat in cloth.

意味（3）

A ripple, as on the surface of water.

意味（4）

A curve or bend.

意味（5）

A flag or streamer.