Chiton is a see also of peplos.
Peplos is a coordinate term of chiton.
As nouns the difference between peplos and chiton
is that
peplos is an ancient greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist while
chiton is a loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in ancient greece or
chiton can be any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class polyplacophora, including the genus
chiton .