stola

American  

[stoh-luh] / ˈstoʊ lə /

noun

plural

stolae, stolas

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

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Etymology

Origin of stola

1720–30; < Latin < Greek stolḗ; see stole ²

Example Sentences

His mother, dressed in the tunic and long white stola, or outer robe, is of matronly presence and pleasant face.

From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter

The costume of a Roman lady consisted of three principal garment?,--the under tunic, the stola, and the palla.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Stole, from Lat. stola, a long dress worn by Roman women over their tunic and fastened with a girdle.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

She wore a flowing violet-tinted stola, that tumbled in soft, silky flounces down to her ankles, and from beneath it peered the tint of her shapely feet bound to thin sandals by bright red ribbons.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

Then he was disconcerted to see neither the white stola and saffron mantle nor the bracelets and fillets that had seemed to him part and parcel of the beauty they adorned.

From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole