wimples in English

noun
1
a cloth headdress covering the head, the neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns.
One day, as she roams deep in the forest, ill with allergies and the flu, her sweat-shirt hood pulled tightly around her like a postmodern wimple , Ann experiences an apparition of the Virgin Mary.

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1. Crisping-pins (1 Occurrence) Isaiah 3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the Crisping-pins, (WBS)