[f. WIMPLE v. + -ING2.]
1. Veiling, concealing.
1747. Ridley, Psyche, xi. That wimpling Slough shall fall like Filth away.
1817. Scott, Harold, II. ii. Where wimpling tissue from the gaze The form half hides.
2. Winding, meandering (esp. of streams); also, rippling.
1721. Ramsay, Richy & Sandy, 28. Wimpling Waters which in Latium flow.
1785. Burns, Scotch Drink, ii. Guid auld Scotch Drink! Whether thro’ wimplin’ worms thou jink, Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink.
1827. W. G. S., Excurs. Village Curate, 50. I shall see the old brook with its whimpling current.
1847. Longf., Ev., II. ii. 18. Along the wimpling waves of their margin,… flocks of pelicans waded.
1861. Smiles, Engineers, II. VIII. i. 294. The solitude … is only broken by the wimpling sound of the burns.
1894. Crockett, Lilac Sunbonnet, i. The wimpling lane.
