Definition of "guimpe" [‖Guimpe]

• A blouse worn under a jumper. (noun)
• A yoke insert for a low-necked dress. (noun)
• A starched cloth covering the neck and shoulders as part of a nun's habit. (noun)
• See gimp1. (noun)

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• "They were dressed in flowing black with starched white guimpe and wimples."
• "Bernardines – Benedictines of the Petit – Picpus wore the black guimpe, and the Benedictines of the Holy Sacrament and of the Rue"
• "People supped well, and had at table a beautiful neighbor without a guimpe so that her throat was only moderately concealed."