guimpe

Meaning

Noun

• Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
• A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
• A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
• A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.

Origin

• + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz. Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila, Middle Dutch wumpel ("cap"), Old English wimpel, winpel, Old Norse vimpill ("hood, veil"). Also influenced by Old French guimpre ("a kind of trimming"), from the same Germanic source. More at wimple.