Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stola"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stola \Sto"la\, n.; pl. {Stol[ae]}. [L. See {Stole} a garment.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman
women.
The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or
by women who had been divorced from their husbands.
--Fairholt.
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