资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wimpling}.]
   1. 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.

   2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
      veil.

   3. 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.