whimple

verb 2noun 1name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To whiffle; to veer.

2

Archaic form of wimple.

Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele , that whimpled was full low

Every morning I used to awake surprised by the song of the Naiad, the little runnel whimpling down its bed of rushes, stone, and sand; and the response of the palms making music in the land-breeze.

noun

1

Alternative spelling of wimple (“head covering”)

name

1

A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY0497).

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