wimple Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
wimple in Easton's Bible Dictionary
Isa. 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.
wimple in Smith's Bible Dictionary
an old English word for hood or veil, used in the Authorized Version of #Isa 3:22| The same Hebrew word is translated "veil" in #Ru 3:15| but it signifies rather a kind of shawl of mantle.
wimple in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Old English for hood or veil (Isaiah 3:22), mitpahath. In Rth 3:15 a shawl or broad cloak thrown over head and body. Isaiah (Isaiah 3:22) introduces it among the concomitants of luxury with which the women of Israel had burdened themselves, so as to copy the Egyptian and other people's habits of braiding the hair, etc.