To cover or drape with a wimple (a cloth head covering); to dress someone in a wimple.
From 'be-' + 'wimple' (a linen cloth worn over the head and shoulders, especially by medieval women and nuns). The verb was formed following the productive pattern of the 'be-' prefix in Early Modern English to describe the act of putting on or covering with clothing.
A wimple was such an essential part of medieval and Renaissance women's formal dress that English created a specific verb for the act of putting one on. 'Bewimple' appears in period literature and religious texts as a standard way to describe a woman's preparation for formal occasions or convent life.
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