Peplus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An upper garment worn by women in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. obsolete
  2. 2
    a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist wordnet
  3. 3
    A kind of kerchief formerly worn by women in England. dated

    "A wimple or peplus was thrown over the head ; a sort of hood , which , instead of covering the shoulders , was brought round the neck beneath the chin like a warrior's gorget"

Synonyms

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peplospeplospeplum

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"A wimple or peplus was thrown over the head ; a sort of hood , which , instead of covering the shoulders , was brought round the neck beneath the chin like a warrior's gorget"

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek.

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