peplus Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
peplos; peplum.
WordNet
Pep"lus noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .Definitions
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An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women. -
A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. Obs. Fairholt.
