▪ I. ‖ palla
(ˈpælə)
[L., perh. related to pallium.]
1. Rom. Antiq. A loose outer garment or wrap worn out of doors by women (sometimes by men); an outer robe, mantle.
| 1706 in Phillips. 1834 Lytton Pompeii iii. ix, The slave..divested herself also of her long palla. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 72 Her palla to another she resigns. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 4/3 Calpurnia..is robed in a brilliant green palla over a long yellow tunic. |
2. Eccl. An altar-cloth; a chalice-cloth.
| 1706 Phillips, Palla,..it is also often taken for an Altar⁓cloth. 1885 Catholic Dict., Palla, a small cloth of linen used to cover the chalice and usually stiffened with cardboard, &c. The upper part may be covered with silk. |
▪ II. palla
variant of pallah, S. African antelope.