peplus(n = noun.artifact) peplos, peplum - a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist;
is a kind of garment
1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women. [1913 Webster]
2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. Fairholt. [1913 Webster]