1. cloth coverings worn over the head and around the neck and chin, especially by medieval women and some nuns

1. covers with or as if with a wimple
Usage: archaic
2. ripples or causes to ripple
Usage: archaic; poetic

Examples

• The medieval painting showed women wearing white wimples.
• The nun adjusted her wimple before entering the chapel.
• Historical reenactors wore authentic wimples and robes.
• The gentle breeze wimples the surface of the pond.
• Her hair was wimpled beneath the traditional head covering.
• The museum displayed various styles of medieval wimples.
• Water wimples around the stones in the stream.