wimple

Examples

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• "You can see where they added the veil and wimple to the original figure—not to mention the eyes."

  Fiction book (1992)

• The white wimple framing her head hid any other signs of age.

  Fiction book (1996)

• It is the tender light through the wimple on the woman in the painting on the right, Young Woman with a Water Jug.

  Fiction book (1999)

• They wore starched wimples, their faces framed in ovals of white linen that made them look especially severe.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Across the street, a troop of children passed, followed by two sisters in dark blue habits, carried along by the white sails of their wimples, rosaries swinging from their belts.

  Fiction book (1996)

• She turned to look at him; her large face, wreathed in a wimple of starched white linen, hovered like a full moon over the blackness of her habit.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I'd seen the sisters in their billowing black habits, black laced shoes, and heavily starched white wimples through the iron gates of the nunnery's high brick walls.

  Fiction book (1993)

• She was still sobbing bitterly when a young woman appeared in the courtyard, her splendid face framed by the wimple of a Pravoslav nun; she came to Duduch as if she had known her all her life and beckoned her to follow.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The bride wore a delicate wimple that cascaded gracefully over her shoulders during the ceremony.

• In the medieval painting, the noblewoman is depicted wearing a fine wimple that signifies her status.

Synonyms

H

hat

vswimple

∞ 1.0

A shaped covering for the head with a brim worn for warmth, protection, or style

wraps head and neck with cloth rather than being a shaped crown and brim

H

headdress

vswimple

18 5.6

An item worn on the head for ceremonies like weddings

wraps head and neck with cloth and covers the ears used historically

Surface Forms

Etymology