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Yes, wimple is playable

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"Wimple" Definition

noun

A cloth wound around the head, framing the face, and drawn into folds beneath the chin, worn by women in medieval times and as part of the habit of certain orders of nuns.
A curve or bend.
A fold or pleat in cloth.
A ripple, as on the surface of water.
A cloth covering worn over the head and around the neck and chin especially by women in the late medieval period and by some nuns.

verb-intransitive

Archaic To form or lie in folds.
To ripple.

verb-transitive

To cause to form folds, pleats, or ripples.
To cover with or dress in a wimple.

verb

To cover with or as if with a wimple.
To cause to ripple.
To fall or lie in folds.
To follow a winding course.

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