PEPLUS - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

	Websites:

	Synonyms:	peplos, peplum

	See Also:	garment

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pep"lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women. 2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.] --Fairholt.