Stō'lȧ, n.

noun

Stō'lȧ, n.; pl. STŌ'LÆ. [Lat., from Gr. στολή, equipment in clothes, dress, robe, from στέλλειν, to array, equip; Fr. stole, It. stola. Cf. STOLE.] (Rom. Antiq.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.

The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, nor by women divorced from their husbands. Fairholt.