Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wimpled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wimpling}.]
1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence,
to hoodwink. ``She sat ywympled well.'' --Chaucer.
This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
--Shak.
2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
veil.
3. 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.
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