stole
noun/stəʊl/
/stəʊl/
- a piece of clothing consisting of a wide band of cloth or fur, worn around the shoulders; a similar piece of clothing worn by a priestOxford Collocations DictionaryStole is used after these nouns:
- fur
Word OriginOld English (in the senses ‘long robe’ and ‘priest's vestment’), via Latin from Greek stolē ‘clothing’, from stellein ‘array’.Definitions on the go
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