stolan.
/ˈstəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈstoʊlə/ Ancient History.
A long robe worn by Greek and Roman women; chiefly referred to as the distinctive dress of Roman matrons.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Stola of the ancient Romans, &c. was..a kind of Robe fitter for Women than Men.
1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §341. 351 Among the higher ranks a dress similar to the Ionic came in fashion, to which belonged the Stola, consisting of a tunic with broad border.
1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Choephori (ed. 2) 161 (note) Βαθύζωνος..and βαθύκολπος..are epithets not very easily explained... Probably the loose and ample folds of the stola..are meant.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. i. 8 The long stola worn by noble matrons.
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