wimple

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

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.
2. A fold or pleat in cloth.
3. A ripple, as on the surface of water.
4. A curve or bend.
5. A flag or streamer.

Verb

1. To cover with a wimple.
2. To draw down; to lower, like a veil.
3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.
4. To flutter.

Sînonîm

bonnet

cockle

coif

contract

cower

cringe

crinkle

crouch

crumple

knit

pucker

ruck

rumple

shrink

shrivel

stream

undulate

wave

👋

wrinkle

crimple

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈwɪmpəl/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English wympel, wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil”). Cognate with Scots wympill (“wimple”), Dutch wimpel (“streamer, pennant”), German Wimpel (“pennant”), Swedish vimpel (“pennant, banner”), Icelandic vimpill (“hood, cowl”).