They were dressed in flowing black with starched white guimpe and wimples. From Wordnik.com. [CANTICLES • by K.C. Ball] Reference
"Miss Rosa," asked Elinor desperately, "have you such a thing as a guimpe?". From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
So the guimpe was brought, a lace guimpe with long, lace sleeves, and a high collared neck of lace. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
It landed right on top of the basket of wash, and lay wet and dirty on top of a ruffled guimpe of Dot's. From Wordnik.com. [Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun] Reference
"And, Arethusa, I can't believe that even Miss Eliza would make you wear a guimpe with an evening dress!". From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Wales 'jacket-bodice and waistcoat for tailor-made gown; August, bodice with guimpe; September, mantle with stole ends and hood. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886.] Reference
She could not help but think, she who had seen it and worn it, both ways, that Miss Eliza would be forced to select, as the prettier, the dress without the guimpe. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
The habit is black with a small cape, a black veil, and white guimpe. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
The bodice opened on a net guimpe thickly embroidered with white beads. From Wordnik.com. [A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago] Reference
I have a list like this guimpe hagioscope qanap aassock dearsecloth pegumene. From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
Her guimpe was never sufficiently opaque, and never ascended sufficiently high. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The guimpe and bandeau are of plain white linen. the cincture of black leather. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner] Reference
They are clothed in black, with a guimpe, which, in accordance with the express command of. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
A white guimpe emerged from my black bodice and was fastened round my throat, which was too slender. From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
The habit was black serge over a robe of white serge, with a white guimpe, a black bandeau, and veil. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
One caught a glimpse of a black guimpe, and a form that was barely defined, covered with a black shroud. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
People supped well, and had at table a beautiful neighbor without a guimpe so that her throat was only moderately concealed. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
They are clothed in black, with a guimpe, which, in accordance with the express command of Saint-Benoit, mounts to the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables, Volume II, Cosette] Reference
Veronique was expecting him, dressed in her blue silk gown and muslin guimpe, over which fell a collaret made of lawn with a deep hem. From Wordnik.com. [The Village Rector] Reference
She hurriedly finished weaving her heavy chestnut hair into two gleaming plaits, fastened a muslin guimpe at the back, and slipped into her dress. From Wordnik.com. [Java Head] Reference
"Couldn't I have a guimpe with it?" she suggested hopefully; "if I had. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
F. guimpe), of which the variant wimple coincided with the native form. From Wordnik.com. [Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
"No, but you pushed me awful hard, Delia, and a nasty big man grabbed me and tore my guimpe -- see!. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
A large woollen veil, the guimpe which mounts to the chin cut square on the breast, the band which descends over their brow to their eyes, -- this is their dress. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
But if there was to be no guimpe. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
All fill it op vit fine guimpe jew'ls. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)] Reference
"A guimpe!" echoed both Elinor and Miss Rosa. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
A guimpe, it would look different. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
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