Meaning wimple
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wimple"head and neck covering for women," formerly worn out of doors and especially by nuns, Old English wimpel, from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (source also of Old Saxon wimpal, Old Frisian wimpel, [..]
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wimpleWimple [N] [S] Isaiah 3:22 , (RSV, "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (RSV, "mantle") in Ruth 3:15 .
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wimplean old English word for hood or veil, used in the Authorized Version of (Isaiah 3:22) The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in (Ruth 3:15) but it signifies rather a kind of shawl of mant [..]
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wimpleIsa. 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.
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wimplea cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin especially by women in the late medieval period and by some nuns.
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wimplen. "wimple, woman's head dress covering neck and chin," s.v. wimpel sb. OED. KEY: wimple@n
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wimplen 7 wimpel 1 wympel 5 wympul 1
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