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Cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
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peplum
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist [syn: peplos , peplus ] [also: pepla (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over ...
Wikipedia
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Péplum is a novel in French by the Belgian author Amélie Nothomb . It was first published in 1996 by Éditions Albin Michel . This futuristic novel is presented as an autobiography . A young writer named A.N. is brought to the hospital for a minor operation. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peplum \Pep"lum\, n.; pl. E. -lumus , L. -la . [L.] A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat.
Usage examples of peplum.
These most incredible dresses, Brandy tells me, the constructed ball gowns, the engineered evening dresses with their hoops and strapless bodices, their stand-up horseshoe collars and flaring shoulders, nipped waists, their stand-away peplums and bones, they never last very long.
In the lesser Panathenæ they carried another peplum (covered with symbolic devices), which showed how the Athenians, supported by Minerva, had the advantage in the war with the Atlantes.