▪ I. ˈwimpler1 Obs. exc. Hist.
[f. wimple n. + -er1.]
A maker of wimples.
| 1260 Husting Roll City of London 2 (169) (MS.) Isabella uxor Thome le Wimpler. 1284 Ibid. 15 (34) Alicia la Wymplere relicta quondam Henrici le Wympler. 1342 Ibid. 69 (106–7) Avicia filia Henrici le Wimpler. 1887 E. Gilliat Forest Outlaws 295 The booths of the vintners, the fletchers, the plumiers, and wymplers. |
So † ˈwimplester, a female wimpler.
| 1379 in Bardsley Surnames, Crystiana, Wympylster. |
▪ II. ˈwimpler2 rare.
[f. wimple v. + -er1.]
‘A waving lock of hair’ (Jam.).
| 1724 Ramsay Vision v, Doun his braid back, frae his quhyt heid, The silver wympler's grew. |