Kolpos excess fabric was pulled up over it. The fabric fell over the girdle so as to hide it, and was often pulled longer in back than in front. This fold was the kolpos. A second (visible) zone could be tied over the kolpos to redefine the waist, high or low. This might be hidden again by the apoptygma, the loose, folded down top of the peplos. Kolpos The kolpos (Greek: κόλποις κόλπον κόλπῳ, a gulf, bay or creek) is the "blousing" of a peplos, chiton or tunic in Ancient Greek clothing, whereby excess length of the material hangs folded over
Truce term 1889 dictionary of slang and "fainits" in 1891. According to philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, the term derives from the medieval term "fein I", descended in turn from the Old French "se feindre" meaning "to make excuses, hang back or back out of battle". He also proposes that this use of the term throws light on line 529 of the Clerk's Tale by Chaucer that "lordes heestes mowe nat been "yfeyned"" (the lords orders cannot be treated with a "fain I"; in other words, declined). Another translation of the Anglo-Norman word "feindre" is "pretend, feign, turn a blind eye to",