English-Thai Dictionary
wimple
N ผ้า โพก ศีรษะ ของ สตรี ใน ยุโรป สมัยกลาง ผ้า โพก ศีรษะ ของ แม่ชี pa-pok-se-sa-kong-sa-tre-nai-yu-lob
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WIMPLE
n.[G., a pendant. ] A hood or vail. Isaiah 3:22.
WIMPLE
v.t.To draw down, as a vail.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WIMPLE
Wim "ple, n. Etym: [OE. wimpel, AS. winpel; akin to D. & G. wimpel a pennant, streamer, OHG. wimpal a veil, Icel. vimpill, Dan. & Sw. vimpel a pennant, streamer; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gimp. ]
1. 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. Full seemly her wympel ipinched is. Chaucer. For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And widowlike sad wimple thrown away. Spenser. Then Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws. M. Arnold.
2. A flag or streamer. Weale.
WIMPLE
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.
WIMPLE
WIMPLE Wim "ple, v. i.
Defn: To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. "Wimpling waves. " Longfellow. For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid. Spenser. With me through. .. meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way. Ramsay.
New American Oxford Dictionary
wimple
wim ple |ˈwimpəl ˈwɪmpəl | ▶noun a cloth headdress covering the head, the neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns. DERIVATIVES wim pled adjective ORIGIN late Old English wimpel, of Germanic origin; related to German Wimpel ‘pennon, streamer. ’
Oxford Dictionary
wimple
wim ¦ple |ˈwɪmp (ə )l | ▶noun a cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns. DERIVATIVES wimpled adjective ORIGIN late Old English wimpel, of Germanic origin; related to German Wimpel ‘pennon, streamer ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
wimple
wim ple /wɪ́mp (ə )l /名詞 C (尼僧用の, もとは一般の女性も用いた )ずきん .