Ant. [L. stola, ad. Gr. στολή: see STOLE sb.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. Leitch, trans. 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.
