| 单词 | wimple |
| 例句 | She still wore her costume and makeup, except for the wimple; that she had set down on its rack. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They were taking a Theory of Errors class that would make Sor Asunci6n’s hair stand on end even under her wimple. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was to know if she sat on the stoop until she heard the crinkle of the midwife’s starched wimple? The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z An important-looking woman, with a sharp nose and a sharp glance and a wimple starched into sharp pleats. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She developed a stubborn allergic rash on her scalp from the constant chafing of her wimple. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My hair, long again, is wrapped carelessly in a wimple. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Surely her hair beneath her wimple is as yellow as the marguerite’s petals. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And underneath her wimple She has curlers in her hair There was a voice from outside the picture. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair and the pillow were the same color, beneath the wimple of the medicated cloth she looked like an old nun praying. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning forward and peering, Rick studied Pamina in her heavy, convoluted robes, with her wimple trailing its veil about her shoulders and face. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There were trains by the yard obstructing traffic, and a full complement of halos, wimples, tiaras and crowns. The Scene Inside the Met Gala 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The story is set in Seven Wells, an analog for medieval Europe — wimples, kinglets and all. ‘The Women’s War’ Is an Epic Feminist Fantasy for the #MeToo Era 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z For a while, I tried reclining against a V-shaped pregnancy pillow, but I kept sinking backwards into it until I was wearing it like a wimple. Why you shouldn’t work from bed (and a guide to doing it anyway) 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z In one scene three nuns wearing huge wimples cross themselves frantically. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z Bonnets or wimple headdresses enforced the designer’s favorite nun look. Special Report: Fashion: Balenciaga for Today 2011-03-03T18:42:27Z Nuns in white wimples, cute kids wearing curtains and brown paper packages tied up with strings. Sing along to ‘The Sound of Music’ and dress a part at Wolf Trap’s costume contest There was Sister Act, which was written for me, but I said: 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple' ... Was Bette Midler right to turn down Sister Act, Misery and Chicago? 2010-08-06T12:27:00Z For spring/summer, a nun’s white wimple finished off the look — along with bracelets that looked like primeval chopping tools. Special Report: Taking the Sting Out of Suits 2010-06-24T17:30:00Z When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy at “Sister Act.” | 'Sister Act': Different Church, More Sequins 2011-04-21T02:30:24Z Instead of being drawn toward Judaism, as Anna might be in another kind of film, she literally lets down her hair, removing her wimple and befriending a good-looking saxophonist. ‘Ida’ and ‘The German Doctor’ Reframe a Familiar Narrative 2014-04-25T18:55:18Z She’s not the kind of nun likely to break into songs about raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, or greet her charge’s hostilities by waving a wimple as a white flag. | 'High': Assisting Recovery, Craving Redemption 2011-04-20T02:01:29Z In the first and longer part, they wear pale gray balaclavas and gray leotards; the balaclavas give the suggestion of medieval wimples, but their legs and arms are bare. Dance Review: David Wampach’s ‘Sacre,’ at the Invisible Dog Art Center 2013-01-11T23:38:14Z There is a glorious, back-to-the-70s daftness about Horrible Histories' parade of togas, wimples, ruffs and tights that makes it appealing – to a wide audience. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z The most deadpan cynic to ever don a wimple, most of her prayers come in the form of exhortations to “sweet suffering Jesus.” Column: 'Derry Girls' is the brightest wee gem of TV's new jewel-box comedy trend 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z They even have cute freckles beneath their wimples. Style Invitational Week 1485: That crazy switchcraft 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “Mr. Bu-bu-bu-bu-Biden,” the nun taunted, until Biden’s mother went to the school and told the nun that if she ever spoke to Joey that way again she would rip her wimple right off her head. Confessions of a Presidential Candidate 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z What’s most striking is the juxtaposition of the monochrome nun – she wore the traditional habit complete with wimple and veil – and the brilliant colours which burst from her work. Corita Kent, the pop art nun 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The tension Leo can generate simply by entering a room is extraordinary; the folds in her wimple look like extra neck tendons. Sundance: ‘Landline’ doesn’t connect, but ‘Novitiate’ is worthy of praise 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s sweltering, especially so garbed in full habit — long-sleeved, floor-length gown of black serge; underskirt; apron; starched linen wimple framing cheeks and chin; veil. Sisters of St. Joseph celebrate beloved century-old carol 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Six hours later — clad in a purple velvet suit, a massive belt buckle and a shirt collar as big as a nurse’s wimple — he was ushered into the Oval Office. We should name the giant panda cub after Elvis Presley. Here’s why. 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z No question, Kardashian does dress in a way that shows her backside's shape, but I'm not really sure what else she should do, other than wear a wimple. Kim Kardashian's bottom is not up for grabs 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z In Bosch, one man has a harp strung through his flesh while another is forced to marry a pig in a nun's wimple, and other people are excreted by monsters. 10 facts about Hell 2013-05-13T23:49:44Z The day I met Marwa, she was wearing a long headscarf pinned like a wimple under her chin, and a loose flowing dress with long sleeves over baggy trousers. Egypt's sexual harassment 'epidemic' 2012-09-03T08:59:11Z There are girls, demure or wistful or laughing, fresh from their spinning wheels or from church; there are also bustling wives, in fine well-woven wimples and moist new shoes, arm in arm with their gossips. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z I have a cloak in my chamber that will suit well with your hood, and cover you all, so that nothing will be seen but the edge of your wimple. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z In this one at least wimple and kirtle reigned supreme; doublets and hose were few in number and feeble in act. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Añcala, meaning the upper part of the sārī, thrown across the breast and over the shoulder, also forming a head-veil, we have translated, not quite accurately, as 'wimple,' for want of a better word. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z Here is a candle-end, which you must hide under your wimple. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z They ought to sit at home, spinning and sewing and mending their wimples: instead they hurry from stall to stall, spending their money on fine cloths and collars. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z On the early brasses the wimple under the chin marked the rank of the wearer. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z It winds and it “wimples” through among green knolls and bosky glens; it dips into deep, deep dells, and rises over tree-clad steeps. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z She hides her face beneath the wimple,— The frightened moon escaping from the storm. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The daughter took the candle-end and hid it in her wimple, and in the evening the white bear came to fetch her. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z Like seculars also they loved to give that “fetis” pinch to their wimples, that elegant turn to their mantles, which changed the sombre habit of their order into the dress of a lady of fashion. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Off, mean wimple— I am a finished widow, why do you hide me? King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Kitty Fletcher made a stately mediaeval grandmother, in silken gown, stiff ruffle, coif and wimple, and rattled the keys of the Schloss with great effect as she said her lines. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Half the wimple had slipped, half was her face in smiles. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The wimple, usually worn by elderly women, was a scarf of fine linen thrown over the head, brought closely around the throat and chin, and held by a fillet. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z "Fair child," said her father, "I command and allow you, in courtesy, to send him some love-token, a sleeve or a wimple." King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table 2011-06-20T02:00:02.907Z It appears to have been called a head-rail, or wimple, but was dispensed with in the house, as the hair was then as cherished an ornament as at the present day. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Before it—I might say through it—wimples the Gala, almost laving its thresholds. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Half a wave in her eyes: Half of her bosom I saw, half of the wimple filling,— Love consumes me ever since. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z These gowns and wimples will display the fashions, and I had another reason for telling you to bring them all. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z That comes down from the hills and wimples away across the plain, full of good fish, both trout and salmon, according to their season. Deep Moat Grange Little Dolly Dimple, In her green wimple, Knows all the philosophers know: That fire is hot And ice is not, And that sun will melt the snow. The Coast of Bohemia The heat Is a wan wimple that the Summer weaves, A veil, in which she wraps, as in a sheet, The shriveling corn and wheat. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems Sometimes she hurries nervously, sometimes she walks but slowly, Now for the first time learning Madan's lessons: She steals a glance at her breasts' buds,— Sometimes she draws the wimple close, sometimes she stands astonished. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The wimple was a head-dress, worn with or without an additional veil, usually linen, but occasionally of silk, embroidered with gold. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations Seats slammed; laughter drifted; searchlights danced and flashed out as though suddenly doused with water; and the gold, crystal, velvet, and marble interior of the Stuyvesant Theater suddenly vanished into its imminent wimple of blackness. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Upon the head they wore the wimple, the fillet, and about the throat the gorget. English Costume On her head she wears a coverchief that depends to the shoulders, a wimple around her neck, and she is otherwise attired in long gown and robe over. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West She lifts the wimple up to hide her face, She cannot rest, but trembles through and through. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z Which gentily and daintily Eat down the flow'ry braes, As greatly and quietly They wimple to the seas.' Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series But this style of hair dress was not made by the hair after all, but by the wimple, which was raised on either side of the head and supported by a frame or by pins. Women of England Some wore a white silk or linen cap, so shaped as to include and cover the two side-plaits and combine a gorget and wimple in one. English Costume Female figure, wimple round head, in left hand holds a vessel, right hand is on the edge of the vessel, the fingers dipping in. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See And with the wimple wiped the dews of weariness, Fanning me gently, I fell asleep. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The Wife of Bath has the wimple below her broad hat and rides in a foot mantle about her hips. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" He then enumerates the parts of her dress, consisting of mantles lined with sable, surcoats, neck linens, wimples, petticoats, shifts, pelices, jewels, chaplets of fresh flowers, buckles of gold, rings, robes, and rich furs. Women of England They wore their hair tied up in a wimple of coarse linen. English Costume Head and neck in the wimple which was not in thirteenth century distinctive of nun's dress. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Upon the kingly head doth rest The round-balled wimple, and the heavy rings Touch on the shoulders where the shadow clings. Songs of the Army of the Night When we came to where the burn wimples down from Garryhorn, we found a picket of the King's dragoons drawn across the road, who challenged us and made us to stand. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway She had spread her variegated wimple over the cradle, so that the bright lamp which stood before the scribe might not trouble the child. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. The older fashion of hair-dressing remained, and the gorget was pinned to the wads of hair over the ears, without the covering of the wimple. English Costume Edfleda, flowing hair, in supertunic or surcoat with long and wide sleeves, head covered with veil, which hangs behind, no wimple. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Her wimple is trimly plaited, and how fashionable is her cloak! Old and New London Volume I That surely is the perfection of description; whilst the wimple of the burn is echoed in the music of the verse! Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Hannah More only took to coiffes and wimples in later life; in early days she was fond of splendour, and, as we read, had herself painted in emerald earrings. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen The hair hung, as a rule, down the front on either side of the face, or occasionally behind down the back, as was the case when the wimple was worn. English Costume Behind him stood his woman, a white wimple bound on her forehead like a nun. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Mademoiselle d’Albret entered, her nurse’s cloak draped gracefully from her shoulders, the little, nunlike cap and wimple hiding her hair, while a veil concealed her face to some extent. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Casting her wimple round her, she ascended the steep stone stairs, and, as we followed, Walter Brand put his head close to mine. Tales From Scottish Ballads She might have been a statue of black marble, with wimple and face and hands of alabaster, she stood so breathlessly still. The Dop Doctor She has a wimple in her hands which she may wind about her head. English Costume Agnes, that wimple of yours is all awry; who pinned it up?” In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Her costume was the familiar one of a French Red Cross nurse, with the jaunty, close-fitting cap and wimple in white hiding her hair except for a few strands. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The nun wore a gray serge gown, with a wimple cut square on her chest, a girdle about her waist, and a rosary hanging by her side. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time She opened her great eyes at last, and smiled up at the tender, wrinkled ugliness of the long, sheep-like face in the close white linen wimple. The Dop Doctor The large wimple was still worn wrapped about the head, and the hair was still carefully hidden. English Costume Somebody robed in snow-white velvet, with close hood and wimple, so that all that showed of her face was from the eyebrows to the lips,—all pure, unstained mourning white. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Smooth it glides upon its travel, Here a wimple, there a gleam— O the clean gravel! A Child's Garden of Verses She had pulled off her horned wimple and tied a kerchief round her head. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles and the wimples and the crisping pins. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The wimple of silk or linen was very generally worn. English Costume Come, old man, prithee, measure off the Cyprus, and look out the wimples quickly, or this damsel of mine will leave me never a farthing in my pocket.” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century He thinks that his wife has ceased to love him as she has discarded her "white wimples," which, if she marries this inferior person, she may long for once again! Confessions of a Book-Lover She was dressed in widow’s mourning, and in 1372 that meant pure snowy white, with chin and forehead so covered by barb and wimple that only the eyes, nose, and mouth were left visible. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century In the house, women wore an odd sort of head-dress called a wimple, which came down to the eyebrows, and was fastened by pins above the ears. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Tied round the wimple they sometimes had a snood, or band of silk. English Costume The wimple covered the neck, and was worn chiefly out of doors. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Four linen wimples; two pairs of cloth boots, two of slippers; two corsets; three of those broidered kerchiefs, one better than the others; four pairs of hosen. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Lifting her hand to her head, she hastily tore off the barb and wimple, with little respect to the pins which fastened them, and with the result of a long rent in the former. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century With a silken wimple, and a ruby on your finger, And a furry mantle trailing where you tread? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 These wimples were sometimes very broad, and were almost like a mantle, so that they fell over the shoulders below the breast. English Costume Very rarely some ambitious woman would appear with a silk wimple, scarf, or ribbon. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Turning into his own house Bradford found Alice with her wimple and scarf on just about to leave it. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Across her forehead and round her face, like a nun's wimple, lay a band of white linen which was scarcely whiter than the cheeks it encircled, such was her extreme pallor. The Child of Pleasure To the horrid heart and hand That sumless murder dyes,— The hand that drew the wimple Over those cruel eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 About this time came the fashion of the chin-band, and again the glory of the hair was hidden under the wimple. English Costume I require to have the flax to sow in the new land yonder, that when it grows up it may make a white wimple, for my daughter’s head on the day of thy wedding.” The Mabinogion Vol. 2 I thought we sat beside the burn That wimples down the flowery glen, Where, in our early days o' love, We met that ne'er sall meet again. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century There was the nun's habit, too, and the veil and wimple, proclaiming another and a greater change from which there was no return. The White Sister The curtain is brailed up, and the blue and crimson, the mournful eyes, the wimple, the pointed chin, the long idle fingers are revealed upon their golden background. Lore of Proserpine The wimples were pieces of silk or white linen held to the hair in front by pins, and allowed to flow over the head at the back. English Costume The ripples wimple on the rills, Like sparkling little lasses; The sunlight runs along the hills, And laughs among the grasses. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Over her head and around her neck she wore the customary white veil or "wimple." Christmas Stories And Legends In a portrait executed about this period, her dark-coloured dress is surmounted by a wimple with a double collar and her head covered with a cap in the Bearnese style. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) Here and there, in sheltered wimples, bands of buffalo were bunched to shield them from the storm. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories Over all a wimple pinned to the gorget. English Costume And when they were refreshed with food, the maids and she, they then began to play at ball, throwing their wimples off. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists She had covered her white dress with a mantle of brown linen and over her head she wore a wimple of the same material. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Margaret is also arrayed in cloth of gold, but with a black cap and wimple. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) Off, mean wimple— I am a finished widow, why do you hide me? The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays At the back men and women in hoods and wimples, in short tunics and loose gowns. English Costume He saw the severe lines of the wimple, the folds of the flowing veil, the delicate movement of the long fingers, and—yes!—resting upon her bosom the jewelled cross, sign of her high office. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century When she put her hand under the wimple and drew it across her mouth, only her fair skin and blue eyes distinguished her from any other Egyptian lady dressed for a long journey. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Well, Dorothy," said Lady Maude, as she burst into the maiden's room ere Doll had found time to divest herself of hood and wimple, "thou art serving us a pretty trick. Heiress of Haddon Wimple, xii, 22, veil, lit. covering for the neck; wimpled, i, 4, folded, provided with a wimple. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I The horns on her head carry the large linen wimple. English Costume But now the folds of the wimple and veil were gone. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century The wimple had been thrown back and a single tress of golden hair had escaped across the forehead. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Pelisses, trimmed with fur, and loose surcoats, were also worn, as well as wimples, an article of attire worn round the neck under the veil. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 And when the royal lady reached the suitors, she stood beside a column of the strong-built roof, holding before her face her delicate wimple, the while a faithful damsel stood on either hand. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Now and again the caul was worn without the wimple, and this left the back of the neck exposed; from this all the hair was plucked. English Costume Debbie's will on these points had never been disputed, and truly it mattered little to Mora what she wore, since wimple and holy veil were forever laid aside. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Rachel wrapped her wimple about her face and removed it once only to gaze at the quarries of Masaarah. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The veils and wimples were richly embroidered, and worked in gold; the surcoat and mantle were worn of the richest materials; and the hair was turned up under a gold caul. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 Insomuch that the close-plaited robe and the wimple were secure as a castle. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The poorer woman wore always the hood, the wimple tied under the chin, or plain plaited hair. English Costume But her face grew as white as her wimple, and she folded her hands to steady their trembling. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century The lonely girl's stock of unhappiness took her breath away and she pushed back the wimple as if to clear away the oppression. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The nun knew her at once; she raised her eyebrows in surprise, and her pale, freshly washed face, and even, it seemed, the white headcloth that she wore under her wimple, beamed with pleasure. The Darling and Other Stories Lo, there came a breeze That loosed the wimple bound about thy locks And dropped it on the waves. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes By joining cap and roll you will have one complete affair; over this you may brooch a linen wimple or a fine piece of jagged silk. English Costume He pointed to where he had laid it: her white habit, scapulary, wimple, veil and girdle; the dress of a Prioress of the Order of the White Ladies. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century He liked these women: they were dressed in black with full skirts, and white, stiff caps which brought to his mind the wimples of the nuns…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Her long mourning robes and her flowing wimple of black cypress, enhanced the whiteness of her skin, and the beauty of her light-coloured and flowing tresses, which time had neither thinned nor mingled with silver. Ivanhoe Dainty sandals encased her feet, while a wimple of violet silk bordered in gold fringe, lay becomingly over her head and shoulders. The Outlaw of Torn The hair, for convenience, had always been plaited in two plaits and coiled round the head, where it lay concealed by the wimple. English Costume I have fared to the field of the battle, O fair one that wearest the wimple! The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald But it was immensely becoming, this flowing wrap, enveloping her like a wimple, her face rising out of it as clear as a nun's. Star-Dust The passage in our text, and what follows it, supports this description of the wimple. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Venus herself did round my arm th' enchanted wimple throw, And taught me—Ah! not unchastised!—what wizardry I know. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse My mother he had taught how wimples are worn amongst the Serbs, and had also demonstrated to her a new method of curing marigolds in use in some parts of Lithuania. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 She was draped from top to toe in a rose- coloured mantle which shrouded her head like a nun's wimple and then fell in heavy folds to the ground. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Nevertheless, at eighteen Flora's neat spiritous air lay calm as a wimple over her keenly motivated little self. Star-Dust Steevens in his note states that "the wimple was a hood or veil, which fell over the face." A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 She looked perfectly ladylike in her long black dress and the white wimple which bound her hair under the sable mantilla. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Worse than all, does not his brush linger more lovingly along the rosy contours of his sirens than on the modest wimples of the Wise Virgins? Among My Books Second Series He saw a slight figure clad in a green robe, and as she turned he caught the gleam of a jewel in the golden fillet that bound her wimple on the forehead. A Boy's Ride There was a mickle hurry, / and busy were fair maidens then 263 With dresses and with wimples / that they there should wear. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original O Charon! halt, we pray thee, Beside some little town, Or near some sparkling fountain, Where the waters wimple down! Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems Therewith the lady lowered the wimple from her face and King Arthur perceived that it was the Lady of the Lake. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table We next catch sight of a Nun's gracefully pleated wimple, shapely nose, small mouth, "eyes greye as glas," well-made cloak, coral beads, and brooch of gold. Halleck's New English Literature Both have a picturesque, an antique, sound--the wimple is Biblical and Shakesperian, and therefore ever satisfying to the ear, and to the sight in manuscript. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Behind her, the house with its wimple of shingle roof and unlighted front windows seemed to recede somewhere darkly. Gaslight Sonatas Again the ghostly fires began to wimple about them: naught else was visible but the high stars. Two Years in the French West Indies But she wore no wimple, and the broad waves flowed down upon her shoulders and hung behind her like a heavy mantle. Via Crucis "There is Bistre, now, he is not so very much better-looking than I am, and yet they can do nothing without him, whether it is a girl's face or a wimple in a river!" Bimbi But I have never seen the word wimple in an inventory, list, invoice, letter, or book of colonial times, and but once the word kirtle. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) A while later, attended by Nehushta, Miriam arrived, clad in a robe of pure white, and wearing on her head a wimple of white, edged with purple, and about her waist a purple scarf. Pearl-Maiden He saw the wimples of the lazy Grannoch Lane winding dimly through their white lily beds. The Lilac Sunbonnet In her simplicity she offered to lead me home to the convent; but while she slept I laid off my wimple and scapular, and stealing her cloak fled away lest she should betray me. The Hermit and the Wild Woman Or is there less reality about the "Knight" in his short cassock and old-fashioned armour and the "Wife of Bath" in hat and wimple, than—for instance—about Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman? Chaucer The good wife of Bath wore a wimple which was "y-pinched full seemly." Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) It fell to the floor as did her wimple, so that now she appeared with her rich hair flowing down her robe. Moon of Israel She was tall and slender, but her features could not be seen for a wimple over her head. Sir Nigel They had human hearts still under their snowy wimples, and perhaps did not wholly lack womanly sympathy with the dear girls in their charge. The Golden Dog Behind them the door opened noiselessly, and her ladyship appeared in cloak and wimple. The Lion's Skin For a wimple was simply a small kerchief or covering for the neck, worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Dears, doff your olive wimples, And listen while you may. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 ‘Indeed, Sir!’ exclaimed Malcolm, ‘I thought you meant the lady who stood by the Queen’s table, with the grand turn of the neck and the white wimple and veil.’ The Caged Lion A black veil fell on each side of the snowy fillet that covered her forehead, and half covered the white wimple upon her neck and bosom. The Golden Dog An outer robe of dull woollen stuff completely covered her person, while a white wimple veiled her head and neck. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The gorget is said to be an adaptation of the wimple. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) The prophecy that she must needs wish for her white wimple again seems merely to rest on Nino's disapproval of her second marriage. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory Though born for the wimple, she was more of a man than the breeched and stockinged Jonathan, whose only deed of valiance was to hang, terrier-like, by his teeth to an evasive enemy. A Book of Scoundrels The stalwart young farmers are accompanied by their wives; each woman in her coloured wimple, with her shapely arms covered nearly to the elbow with cheap glass armless. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan Once in a while, impelled by curiosity to see or hear something passing, she drew the wimple aside, but so slightly that the face remained invisible. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Pinched sleeves, pinched partlets, pinched shirts, pinched wimples, pinched ruffs, are often referred to, all washable garments. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) She threw back the wimple from her head, and pulling away her cloak, tossed it on to the bed. Mistress Wilding As Hercules, whose counterpart she was, changed his club for the distaff of Omphale, so would she put off the wimple and bodice of her sex for jerkin and galligaskins. A Book of Scoundrels In this one at least wimple and kirtle reigned supreme; doublets and hose were few in number, and feeble in act. The Cloister and the Hearth The wife, without answering, quietly drew the wimple aside. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Likewise are these modern authors a bit vague as to the manner of garment a wimple is. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) "Give me your cloak and wimple," she bade Diana, and Diana flew to do her bidding. Mistress Wilding Our writers of historical tales are very fond of attiring their heroines in wimples and kirtles. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Sometimes, from under the wimples, the mothers look up, and in the vernacular modestly bespeak their trade: in the bottles "honey of grapes," in the jars "strong drink." Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ At this point the wimple was drawn aside, and for an instant the whole face of the woman was exposed. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ One fair maid is described as having her fair form wrapped in a warm wimple. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) She drew the wimple well over her head, so that in its shadows her face might lie concealed, and hid her shimmering white dress under Diana's cloak. Mistress Wilding He leaned forward, seeking to pierce the shadows of her wimple; he had thought he recognized the voice, as his sudden start had shown; and yet he disbelieved his ears. Mistress Wilding She pulled her wimple closer to her face, took him by the arm, and drew him with her into the house. Mistress Wilding The sun streamed garishly over the stony face of the famous locality, and under its influence Mary, the daughter of Joachim, dropped the wimple entirely, and bared her head. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ |
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