Definition for RUM'PLE

RUM'PLE, v.i. [D. rompelen, to rumple; Sax. hrympelle, a fold; probably connected with crumple, W. crwm, crom, crooked, crymu, to bend.]

To wrinkle; to make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. Swift.

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