golilla

[ goh-lee-uh, -leel-yuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a collar of lawn or linen, slightly rolled under at the edge and starched to stand out from the neckline, worn in Spain in the 17th century.

Origin of golilla¹

1665–75; < Spanish, diminutive of gola throat

He went in procession to church to thank God for the wonderful blessing of the Golilla--the name of his collar.

Singapo tiga not so dang’lous as mias—he not common kind, but gleat mias lombi—what Poltugee people callee ‘led golilla.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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