noun
guimpe
Guimpe (noun) means a narrow, flat braid or cord used to trim clothes or fabric.
noun
1
A narrow, flat braid or cord used to trim clothes or fabric.
2
A short blouse with a high neck, worn under a dress with a low neckline in Victorian times.
"Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women."
— “Smocking”, Smocking (1916)
3
A small piece of lace or embroidered fabric worn to fill in the top of a low-cut dress.
4
A wimple: a broad, heavily starched cloth worn over the neck and shoulders, forming part of the habit worn by some orders of nuns.
"All the nuns at the convent wore plain blouses and skirts except for Sister Edgar, who had permission from the motherhouse to fit herself out in the old things with the arcane names, the wimple, cincture and guimpe."
— Don DeLillo, Underworld (1997)
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Etymology
From French guimpe, from Middle French guimpe, from Old French guimple (“wimple”), from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną ("to wind, sling, garland, swing"; from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“to turn, rotate”)) + Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (instrumental suffix). Cognate with Old High German wimpal and winfila (“head scarf”), Middle Dutch wumpel (“cap”), Old English wimpel, winpel (“wimple”), Old Norse vimpill (“hood, veil”). Also influenced by Old French guimpre (“a kind of trimming”), from the same Germanic source. More at wimple.
Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of guimpe?
"guimpe" (noun) means a narrow, flat braid or cord used to trim clothes or fabric.
What are the different meanings of guimpe?
"guimpe" has 3 main meanings: 1. A narrow, flat braid or cord used to trim clothes or fabric; 2. A short blouse with a high neck, worn under a dress with a low neckline in Victorian times; 3. A small piece of lace or embroidered fabric worn to fill in the top of a low-cut dress.
