golilla

[ goh-lee-uh, -leel-yuh ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of golilla¹

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 no half dang’lous like oolang-ootang led golilla.”

From Project Gutenberg

Notwithstanding the patois of his speech, what Saloo said was well enough understood by his companions, for in the led golilla or oolang-ootang of his peculiar pronunciation, they recognised the long known and world-renowned ape of Borneo, which, although safe enough when seen inside the cage of the showman, is a creature to be dreaded—at least the species spoken of—when encountered in its native haunts, the forests of Sumatra and Borneo.

From Project Gutenberg

Some call him oolang-ootang, some say led golilla.

From Project Gutenberg