guimpe

/gimp, gamp/US // gɪmp, gæmp //UK // (ɡɪmp, ɡæmp) //

棉花糖,沼泽地,软糖,燕窝

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a chemisette or yoke of lace, embroidery, or other material, worn with a dress cut low at the neck.
- : gimp.
- : a part of the habit of nuns of certain orders, consisting of a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders.

Whatever she got for that must be made with a guimpe that could be taken out to make it a little more festive for the ball.
The under bodice, which we should call a guimpe, is of white muslin with gold fillets.
A white guimpe emerged from my black bodice and was fastened round my throat, which was too slender.
One caught a glimpse of a black guimpe, and a form that was barely defined, covered with a black shroud.
Her guimpe was never sufficiently opaque, and never ascended sufficiently high.