1615 CROOKE Body of Man 123 A certaine smooth and slippery veyle or wimple is substrated. From Wordnik.com. [Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Steevens in his note states that "the wimple was a hood or veil, which fell over the face.". From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6] Reference
The wimple was a covering for the neck, said to have been introduced in the reign of Edward I. See Chaucer's. From Wordnik.com. [Marmion] Reference
She also looks eerily like Kim Possible in a nun's wimple, which is almost certainly someone's secret fantasy. From Wordnik.com. [COMIXTALK] Reference
Author comment: the most common use of "wimple" appears to be the head-scarf thing. From Wordnik.com. [The first paragraph contest thread] Reference
Regarding "wimple", which you misspelled twice, I am aware of the OE usage, but you were not. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Widdecombe for London Mayor?] Reference
Until now, I had always thought that a "wimple" was the name given to the offspring of two Lib Dems. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Widdecombe for London Mayor?] Reference
The evening comes in wimple gray. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference
A wimple of heavy linen enveloped her hair and throat. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
If thou hast adjusted my wimple amiss, my Fleming, or if. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
"St. Winifred's wimple," I muttered as we left Soper Lane. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
She was dressed in robes, veil, and a wimple of grey silk. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
The river ran between the stepping-stones with a pretty wimple. From Wordnik.com. [Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Here a wimple, there a gleam — O the clean gravel!. From Wordnik.com. [A Child's Garden of Verses] Reference
Within the stiff folds of her wimple her withered cheek trembled. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Annais made a small sound and drew her wimple across her lower face. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Hildegart stirred uneasily in her dark riding cloak, hood, and wimple. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
The smile on her face stretched from one side of her wimple to the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
PS - I thought I'd check out your quote that 'everyone knows what a wimple is'. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Widdecombe for London Mayor?] Reference
For a couple of years, I wore a full habit, complete with wimple and oxford shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Cradle and All]
Kneeling, Annais leaned over and pinched up a wimple pin between finger and thumb. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Very rarely some ambitious woman would appear with a silk wimple, scarf, or ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886] Reference
Beneath her wimple furrows lined her brow and below her half-glasses were dark smudges. From Wordnik.com. [Shiver]
Her golden hair was completely covered by a veil, and a wimple hid her ears and her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The sketchy brows rose to the edge of her wimple, and she tapped the scribbled paper firmly. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Sister Angelique shoved through the drapes, round face creased with worry beneath her wimple. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
"You can see where they added the veil and wimple to the original figure-not to mention the eyes.". From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
The wimple had been thrown back and a single tress of golden hair had escaped across the forehead. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The whiteness of her linen wimple turned her drawn cheeks to a translucent grey in the light almost of noon. From Wordnik.com. [The Potter's Field]
Denoriel wondered if he would have recognized her if the wimple had not covered all but the central portion of her face. From Wordnik.com. [This Scepter'd Isle]
Their homeliness is in direct contrast to the stark severity of the sister's wimple of white linen and her black cassock. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Music, A Memoir]
Lord Jagged looked handsome in his surcoat and mail, but Una Persson merely looked uncomfortable in her wimple and kirtle. From Wordnik.com. [Elric At The End of Time]
The satisfaction of trusted office became her, and so did the white wimple and black cowl framing her bright and candid face. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
The only concession she could make to mourning was to bind up her great wealth of hair, and cover it from sight within a borrowed wimple. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
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