guimpe

Noun

A blouse or under-bodice worn with a low-cut dress or jumper.
a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit
a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late Victorian era, designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.

Examples

Playing GUIMPE on the board felt like a stylish, yet perfectly valid, move in Scrabble.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 11

guimpe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
guimpe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
guimpe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

guimpe: valid Words With Friends Word