wimple n
1 a piece of cloth draped around the head to frame the face, worn by women in the Middle Ages and still a part of the habit of some nuns
2 (Scot) a curve or bend, as in a river vb
3 Rare to ripple or cause to ripple or undulate
4 Archaic to cover with or put a wimple on
5 Archaic (esp. of a veil) to lie or cause to lie in folds or pleats
(Old English wimpel; related to Old Saxon wimpal, Middle Dutch wumpel, Middle High German bewimpfen to veil)