The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wimpling
Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wimpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wimpling.]
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To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. ``She sat ywympled well.''
--Chaucer.This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
--Shak. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil.
To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.
Wiktionary
wimpling
vb. (present participle of wimple English)