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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A loose outer robe worn by women in ancient Greece.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as peplum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, 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 the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek.]

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From Ancient Greek πέπλος.

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