‖ stola Antiq.
(ˈstəʊlə)
[L. stola, ad. Gr. στολή: see stole n.1]
A long robe worn by Greek and Roman women; chiefly referred to as the distinctive dress of Roman matrons.
| 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Stola of the ancient Romans, &c. was..a kind of Robe fitter for Women than Men. 1847 J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. 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 Paley æschylus (ed. 2) Choeph. 161 note, βαθύζωνος..and βαθύκολπος..are epithets not very easily explained... Probably the loose and ample folds of the stola..are meant. 1891 Farrar Darkn. & Dawn i, The long stola worn by noble matrons. |