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Braid vs Guimpe - What's the difference?

braid | guimpe |

As nouns the difference between braid and guimpe

is that braid is (obsolete) a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench while guimpe is gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.

As a verb braid

is (obsolete|transitive) to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

As an adjective braid

is (obsolete) deceitful.

braid

English

(wikipedia braid)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

Alternative forms

* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  • (archaic) To start into motion.
  • To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  • * Milton
    • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  • *, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
  • *:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
  • :(Sackville)
  • A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  • A fancy; freak; caprice.
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    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
    • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

    Anagrams

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    guimpe

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
  • A kind of short, high-necked blouse with sleeves of the late , designed to be worn under a low-cut dress, jumper, or pinafore dress.
  • A kind of short chemisette or yoke insert made of lace, embroidery, or the like, worn with a low-necked dress.
  • A wimple; a wide, stiffly starched cloth that covers the neck and shoulders, as part of the habit of nuns of certain orders.
  • * 1997 ,
    • All the nuns at the convent wore plain blouses and skirts except for Sister Edgar, who had permission from the motherhouse to fit herself out in the old things with the arcane names, the wimple, cincture and guimpe .
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