wimples
Medieval head coverings
Wimples is the plural of wimple, a cloth headdress that frames the face and covers the neck and chin.
Wimples were common medieval attire for women and remain part of the habit worn by some orders of nuns: The sisters in their wimples filed into the chapel.
The verb wimple means to cover with or form into folds.
Ornamental head covering
- coifArranged hair style
- gorgetArmor shielding the throat
- chaperonProtective social supervisor
- barbetteRaised armored firing position
fillet · veil · kirtle · Middle Ages · nunneries · illuminated manuscripts · Hildegard · anchoress
Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth
- conventReligious sisters' dwelling
- habitSettled regular tendency
- veilFabric that obscures
- abbessFemale monastic leader
sisterhood · coif · novice · cloister · monastery · piety · devotion · vows
Fabric that obscures
- headclothFabric covering for skull
- bandeauNarrow strip worn around head
- foldsBends upon itself
- drapingArranging cloth loosely
linen · fabric · pleats · pinning · starched · white · black · flowing
Concealing with covering
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
chastity · purity · reserve · humility · covering · enclosure · seclusion · hiddenness
headdress
Ornamental head covering
barbette · fillet · veil · kirtle · Middle Ages · nunneries · illuminated manuscripts · Hildegard · anchoress · scriptorium
nun
Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth
abbess · sisterhood · coif · novice · cloister · monastery · piety · devotion · vows · order
veil
Fabric that obscures
draping · linen · fabric · pleats · pinning · starched · white · black · flowing · wrapped
veiling
Concealing with covering
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
decorum · chastity · purity · reserve · humility · covering · enclosure · seclusion · hiddenness · renunciation