Middle English Dictionary Entry
gimple n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gimple n. |
| Etymology | OF guimple |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wimple.
1.
A kind of wimple.
Associated quotations
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)327 : The forhede..Whitter of hir self then ermyn or plesaunce Vmple lawn reynez or relisaunce, No thyng pynchyd lyke a nonnys wymple, Ne forowyd drye lyke a nabbesse gymple.