Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stola \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.