Stole

You looked for stole. The homographs the noun [a] stole and the past tense stole of the irregular verb steal form one of the sets of homophones listed by the then Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.
(For more, see Bridges homophones). AWE has a category listing our articles on each of these.

AWE has pages on

• the past tense stole of the irregular verb steal
• the garment [a] stole.
  • For an odd historical euphemism, see Groom of the Stole, where 'stole' was substituted for 'stool' (~ [the product of] evacuation of the bowels).