Stola vs. Chiton

Stolanoun

(historical) The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men.

Chitonnoun

(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.

Stolanoun

A chorister's surplice.

Chitonnoun

Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.

Stolanoun

(heraldry) A bearing showing a fringed scarf.

Chitonnoun

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

Stolanoun

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.’;

Chitonnoun

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Stola

The stola (Classical Latin: [ˈst̪ɔ.ɫ̪a]) was the traditional garment of Roman women, corresponding to the toga, that was worn by men. The stola was usually woollen.Originally, women wore togas as well, but after the 2nd century BC, the toga was worn exclusively by men, and women were expected to wear the stola.

Chitonnoun

a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

Chitonnoun

primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

Chitonnoun

a long woollen tunic worn in ancient Greece.

Chitonnoun

a marine mollusc that has an oval flattened body with a shell of overlapping plates.

Chiton

Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora , formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.