\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.