falda

[fol-duh]

noun

a white silk vestment extending from the waist to the ground, worn over the cassock by the pope on solemn occasions.

Origin of falda

< Italian < Germanic; see fold¹

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It keeps close to the foot of the range, the falda, and enables farmers to settle on it.
The Argentine Republic
Pierre Denis
Six-fifteen:—Barclay and his corporal were but dots along the falda now, and moving swiftly.
A Trooper Galahad
Charles King