golilla

American  

[goh-lee-uh, -leel-yuh] / goʊˈli ə, -ˈlil yə /

noun

1. a collar of lawn or linen, slightly rolled under at the edge and starched to stand out from the neckline, worn in Spain in the 17th century.

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Etymology

Origin of golilla

1665–75; < Spanish, diminutive of gola throat

Example Sentences

Among the delights in this book are the many vignettes and miniature histories that punctuate the narrative—the socioeconomic significance of the stiff white golilla collar in Philip IV’s bankrupt court, the establishment of the Stuyvesant Institute in New York and the circumstances of the first world boxing title.

From Economist

Singapo tiga not so dang’lous as mias—he not common kind, but gleat mias lombi—what Poltugee people callee ‘led golilla.’

From Project Gutenberg

He went in procession to church to thank God for the wonderful blessing of the Golilla—the name of his collar.

From Project Gutenberg