A garment worn by women in ancient Greece, cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
English: peplos, peplus, peplum
peplumEnglish
peplum, peplos, peplus
Rare
#191,842 of the corpus · 0 per million words · 144 occurrences
From plum (peN-) · less common, #17,290
Noun
A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
English: peplum