stola

[stoh-luh]

noun, plural sto·lae

[stoh-lee] /ˈstoʊ li/, sto·las.

a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.

Origin of stola

1720–30; < Latin < Greek stolḗ; see stole²

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The stola is said to have been a more ample and ornamented sort of tunic.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
Above the stola, women wore a mantle called palla or pallium.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
The palla was a kind of cloak worn out of doors over the stola.
The Historical Child
Oscar Chrisman
Time was when I should have given them to Ilia as a border for her stola.
The Tour
Louis Couperus
Stick to your stola, bishop,” was the Plantagenet-like answer, “and leave me my Lola.
Lola Montez
Edmund B. d'Auvergne

Latin, from Greek stole (see stole).