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Cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
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peplus
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) An upper garment worn by women in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. 2 (context dated English) A kind of kerchief formerly worn by women in England.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist [syn: peplos , peplum ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peplus \Pep"lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.] --Fairholt.