Meaning & use
wimple
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A cloth headdress that covers the head, neck, and sides of the face, traditionally worn by women in the Middle Ages and still worn by some nuns.
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The actress wore a wimple to play a medieval nun in the historical drama.
Paintings from the period often show noblewomen wearing elaborate wimples.
A note on using this word
Still associated today with certain orders of nuns, though it was originally common fashion for medieval European women.
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