wimple
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A covering worn around the head and neck by women in medieval times and by some nuns.
2. A fold, wrinkle, or pleat.
3. A curve, bend, or twist.
verb tr.
1. To cover.
2. To cause something to bend or ripple.
verb intr.
1. To form folds.
2. To meander or ripple.
💬 Usage Examples
“I sit / with hands folded, by a pond, a pool, wimpled by unknowing. Kathleen Ossip; The Do-Over; Sarabande; 2015. “The gray cobbles ... wimpled like the pebbles beneath the surface of a brook.” William Faulkner; A Fable; Random House; 1954.