Definitions
A short flared overskirt or an ancient Greek draped garment.
Word origin
From Latin peplum, from Ancient Greek πέπλον (péplon), accusative singular of πέπλος (péplos).
Used in a sentence
“Over this they adopted the Greek peplum, under the name of palla. This garment, however, was exclusively confined to the gentler sex, and was never worn, as was the peplum among the Greeks, by men.”
“[…] there were hastily produced B movies, such as the peplums, the spaghetti westerns, the detective stories, the horrors.”
“While it does offer a lighter tone than most peplums, and spotlights a hero who relies more on his wits than his biceps […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Flared overskirt”6 letters
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