wimple

wimple is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A flag or streamer.
3. transitive verb. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink.
4. transitive verb. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
5. transitive verb. 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.
6. intransitive verb. To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate.
7. noun. headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women

Common word forms

wimpled, wimpler, wimples, wimpling, wimpleless

Words from these letters

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