peplus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.
  2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. Obs. Fairholt.

Webster 1913