guimpe
Meanings
Plural: guimpes
Noun
- a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
- a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
- Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
- A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
- A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
- A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
Origin / Etymology
From French guimpe, from Middle French guimpe, from Old French guimple (“wimple”), from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną ("to wind, sling, garland, swing"; from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“to turn, rotate”)) + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila (“head scarf”), Middle Dutch wumpel (“cap”), Old English wimpel, winpel (“wimple”), Old Norse vimpill (“hood, veil”). Also influenced by Old French guimpre (“a kind of trimming”), from the same Germanic source. More at wimple.
Scrabble Score: 11
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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