Ma'anar ƙamus na "peplum" yana nufin gajeriyar rigar rigar da ke maƙala da layin riga, riga, ko jaket, yawanci tana fitowa waje da faɗuwa cikin siffa mai zagaye ko lanƙwasa. Hakanan ana amfani da kalmar "peplum" don kwatanta salon samar da fina-finai a cikin 1950s da farkon 1960s, musamman a Italiya, waɗanda ke nuna wasan kwaikwayo na tarihi mai ban mamaki da aka saita a zamanin d Roma ko Girka, galibi ana nuna su da tsattsauran tsari da kayayyaki, wasan kwaikwayo na melodramatic, da jerin ayyuka masu ban mamaki.