golilla

American

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

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of golilla

1665–75; < Spanish, diminutive of gola throat

Example Sentences

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

From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran

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