peplos noun. ['pɛplɒs] Pl. -ploi [-plɒɪ], -ploses. L18.
[Greek.]
Greek Antiquities. A (usu. rich) outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient Greece, hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head; spec. the one woven for the statue of the goddess Athene at Athens, and carried in procession to her temple at the greater Panathenaea.

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