What does "guimpe" mean?
Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
Guimpe
/ɡɪmp/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
- Grammar: guimpe is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: collar, muffler, neckwear, scarf.
- Usage evidence: Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming. countable, uncountable
- 2 a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress wordnet
- 3 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. countable, uncountable
"Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women."
- 4 a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit wordnet
- 5 A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders. countable, uncountable
"All the nuns at the convent wore plain blouses and skirts except for Sister Edgar, who had permission from the motherhouse to fit herself out in the old things with the arcane names, the wimple, cincture and guimpe."
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of gimp. alt-of, alternative
Example
"Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "guimpe"?
Common synonyms include: collar, muffler, neckwear, scarf, tie.
How do you use "guimpe" in a sentence?
Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.
How do you pronounce "guimpe"?
Pronounced /ɡɪmp/.
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.