stole
verbnounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//stəʊl//
- United States//stoʊl//
A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress, corresponding to the Eastern epitrachelion.
verb
- 1
Also a form of stealsimple past of steal
TransPennine Express has removed all QR codes from its 71 car parks after scammers covered up a genuine code sticker with a false one and stole £13,000 from a woman's bank account.
- 2
Also a form of stealarchaicpast participle of steal
[…]when indeed they have ſeen nothing, but have ſtole the word of the Lord from others, and borrowed from their neighbour[…]
And glory pointed still the goal / THat fired his lay; / But now revolving time has stole / Those dreams away.
[…]He must have stole my gear after he ran off, licking his wounds." Clint spoke loudly and proudly and drew some applause.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
noun
- 1
A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress, corresponding to the Eastern epitrachelion.
With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […]
- 2
A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
Etymology
From Old English stole, from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “stole, garment, equipment”); akin to stall. Doublet of stola.
noun
- 1
A stolon.
Etymology
From Latin stolō. Doublet of stolon.
Forms
- plural
- stoles
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