Stola

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stola \Sto"la\, n.; pl. {Stolae}. [L. See {Stole} a garment.]
     (Rom. Antiq.)
     A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman
     women.
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           The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or
           by women who had been divorced from their husbands.
                                                    --Fairholt.
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