[wim.ple] n [ME wimpel, fr. OE; perh. akin to OE wipian to wipe] (bef. 12c) 1: a cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin esp. by women in the late medieval period and by some nuns
2. Scot a: a crafty turn: twist b: curve, bend
[2]wimple vb wim.pled ; wim.pling vt (13c) 1: to cover with or as if with a wimple: veil
2: to cause to ripple ~ vi 1 archaic: to fall or lie in folds
2. chiefly Scot: to follow a winding course: meander
3: ripple